Tinubu also cancelled all his official events in Lagos, including attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the victims of the stampedes.
Reacting to the unfortunate incidents that occurred in Anambra State and the FCT, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, in a series of tweets on X, described the stampedes as systemic failures plaguing Nigeria.