More details have emerged on the court Order instituted by the state government stopping Spar Supermarket from carrying out the Black Friday sales from 18th to 27th November 2022.

Commissioner for Information, Chris Finebone, in a statement, explained that the move follows past incidents of environmental health and safety nature concerning places of crowd gathering, particularly with the recent stampede that happened in Port Harcourt Polo Club.

According to him, the Rivers State Ministry of Environment had requested to visit and meet with Spar management to ascertain the company’s readiness to manage the envisaged crowd and other issues that the sales might trigger, but the company failed to meet with the government officials.

Finebone insisted that the move is to ensure that safety and environmental measures are put in place by the supermarket in order to protect lives and property.