Four persons were said to have died yesterday in Kogi State as hundreds of residents throng the warehouse in Lokoja, the state capital, in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Daily Trust learnt the fatalities resulted from a stampede as residents, mostly women, rushed to the warehouse located along the Murtala Mohammed Way, close to Kpata market in Lokoja. The state government had last week commenced distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to the 21 local government areas. Each local government area got at least, one trailer load of palliative items, including rice, semovita,…
4 feared dead in stampede for palliatives in Kogi
