BREAKING: Residents break into government’s warehouse in Abuja, steal foodstuff and others as hardship continues
Because of the ongoing economic suffering throughout the nation, several inhabitants of Abuja, the capital, have allegedly robbed a warehouse that belongs to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA).
Residents reportedly stormed into the warehouse near the Tasha neighbourhood on Sunday morning at around seven in the morning and stole bags of grain and maize.
Speaking to Daily Trust, a resident named Jaafar Aminu stated that the looting went on uninterrupted till nine in the morning. He also mentioned that a number of residents and people from the nearby towns of Jiwa and Karmo town flocked to the location in order to take part in the looting.
He further said the situation has caused a grid lock on Gwagwa-Karmo road, that leads to Dei-Dei and Jabi axis, respectively.
Another resident, Christopher Agbo,said the looters did not spare even protectors used to barricade the site as they picked anything deemed useful from the warehouse.
The situation is now under control,” she said.
Many Nigerians have been lamenting hardship following the removal of fuel subsidy and the devaluation of the naira after it was floated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The economic policies of the administration have pushed up the prices of goods drastically and rate of inflation.
On Friday, hoodlums have attacked a BUA truck loaded with cartons of spaghetti at the Dogarawa axis of the Zaria-Kano expressway.
According to an eyewitness, the driver had parked the truck by the roadside to observe prayers when the hoodlums struck, looting all the cartons of spaghetti before fleeing the scene.