- By Halimah Olamide
There was confusion in the Gwagwa area of Abuja on Monday as residents looted a truck carrying bags of foodstuffs.
Hundreds of residents were seen carting away bags of grains such as corn and rice the entire area of Dai Dai market was thrown into melee.
One of those who carted a way a bag of corn was seen in a video telling an interviewer that the food was “palliative”. by the Federal Government which was stored and now going bad.
“Hunger is killing everybody,” the young man said in the video.
As the looting continued, no security men were sighted. Indeed, some traffic officials who wore police uniform near the Dai Dai market were seeing leaving their duty post to avert possible attacks.
While many carried the bags of food items on their heads to leave the vicinity, many others carried away their loots on motorcycles.
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