A governemnt warehouse stored with palliatives was reportedly looted by residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
The warehouse, located in Kpansia suburb of the state capital, was where the 2022 flood palliatives were stored.
However, it was not confirmed whether the subsidy palliatives provided by President Bola Tinubu to states to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal were among the items looted by the hungry residents.
Confirming the invasion of the warehouse, the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency(BYSEMA) said the incident occurred at about 7:45p.m. on Sunday.
It happened almost an hour after the Director-General, Walamam Igrubia, alongside some BYSEMA personnel left the warehouse premises, it stated.
The agency added that during the 2022 flood in the state, it used the warehouse to store food items.
BYSEMA, in the statement, condemned the action of the yet-to-be-identified persons that invaded the premises of a warehouse and also condemns the attempt to politicise the incident by opposition elements in the state.
Metronetworknews reports that looters have been targeting state warehouses across Nigeria stocked with palliatives which they say should already have gone to the poor and hungry.
It would be recalled that on Sunday July 30, 2023, groups of young men stormed food stores in Adamawa in Nigeria’s North East region.
No fewer than two people were reportedly killed when soldiers tried to restore order during the invasion of the warehouse.
Some of youths who spoke to newsmen blamed their action on the high cost of living crisis occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy and government policies.
