A female trader, identified as Rukaiyyat, collapsed after losing N2.3 million in cash at the Abaji main market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
According to eyewitness Yakubu Musa, the incident occurred on Friday around 9:45 a.m. while the trader was purchasing farm goods. Rukaiyyat, who hails from Auchi, was in the process of measuring groundnuts and melon into sacks when she discovered that the money she had placed inside one of the sacks had disappeared.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Musa explained that the trader had placed her cash, amounting to N2.3 million, in a sack while measuring the grains. However, when it was time to pay the sellers, the sack containing the money was nowhere to be found.
“She kept the money in a sack, and while she was measuring the grains, the sack with the money suddenly went missing,” Musa said.
Upon realizing the loss, Rukaiyyat collapsed, and it took the quick intervention of nearby traders to revive her. Witnesses reported that she wept uncontrollably, stating that the missing money was a loan she had obtained from Edo State to finance her business.
In a related incident on the same day, another woman in the market also experienced a loss when hoodlums stole her half bag of maize. The woman had rushed to sympathize with Rukaiyyat, only to find her own goods had been stolen.
As of the time of this report, SP Adeh Josephine, spokesperson for the FCT police command, had not yet confirmed the incidents.READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
