The worsening economic hardship and hunger ravaging the country has assumed a new twist, with stories of warehouses and trucks carrying food commodities getting looted in major cities across the country. DAILY POST reports that the spate of looting of warehouses and trucks conveying food and raw materials by hoodlums skyrocketed within the last few days.
The recent disturbing occurrences happened between last Sunday and Monday, as residents of Idu-Karmo and Dei-Dei in the nation’s capital looted warehouses and trucks, carting away food items. DAILY POST reported that some residents of Abuja attacked a warehouse belonging to the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, carting away rice, grains, and other relief items. The warehouse is located in the Dei-Dei area of Abuja. The above incident is different from an attempt by another group to loot a private warehouse in the Idu Industrial Estate, Jabi, Abuja. The attempt was foiled by soldiers guarding the facilit
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