The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Friday failed to appear before the Coroner sitting at the Magistrate Court 4, Ebute Metta area of Lagos State for inquest into the persons who died in a stampede during the distribution of rice by the NCS. SaharaReporters had reported how the Customs service on February 23 embarked on the distribution of 25kg bags of rice to indigents at its zonal headquarters in Yaba, Lagos State.