A Nigerian woman has cried out for help after claiming she was abandoned in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, after traveling from Lagos State to support Seyi Tinubu during a City Boy Movement empowerment rally.
The woman said she was among people who were hired from Lagos to attend the event and campaign for the All Progressives Congress. According to her, they were promised payment and empowerment items for taking part in the rally but she said she received nothing after arriving in Owerri.
She explained that she now has no money to return to Lagos and appealed to Nigerians for assistance so she can travel back home.
The woman said Nigerians please help me I need transport fare. Seyi Tinubu and APC hired us from Lagos to Imo to campaign for APC but they did not pay me as promised and they did not give me any of the items shared. Now I do not have money to go back to Lagos.
She also said that after being brought from Lagos to Owerri for the campaign she was left without the payment that had been promised to her. She added that she did not even receive any of the items that were distributed during the empowerment programme.
She further called out Seyi Tinubu, Cubana Chief Priest and Obi Cubana while asking to be paid for the work she said she was invited to do.
She said she needs to get paid after being hired from Lagos to Owerri to campaign. She said she did not get paid as promised and did not collect any of the items shared and now she does not have money to go back to Lagos.
The rally in Owerri was organised by supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of efforts to mobilise grassroots support ahead of a possible re election campaign for the 2027 presidential election.
However the event reportedly turned chaotic after some residents rushed into the venue. The sudden movement caused panic among participants and forced many people to run away from the area.
Videos circulating on social media showed many people running from the venue while others struggled to collect items that had been brought for distribution during the empowerment programme.
Several individuals were seen carrying away materials such as tailoring machines refrigerators and other items believed to have been prepared for beneficiaries at the rally.
Witnesses said the situation became chaotic within minutes as shouting and pushing spread across the venue. While some people tried to escape the confusion others used the moment to grab the items that had been brought for distribution.
