By Gami Tadanyigbe
There was confusion in Kuje Area Council, in the FCT, on Tuesday, when security operatives dispersed youths who tried to break into a warehouse
in the Council, Secretariat to vandalise and loot food items that meant to be distributed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene, reports that the youths burnt tires and tried to gain entrance into the Council Secretariat but meet strong resistance by the security.
Mr Harrison Ororua, the Kuje Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who tried to calm the protesting youths warned them of the dangers and implications of any breakdown of law and order in the area.
Ororua told the youths that there was no palliative inside the Area Council Secretariat, adding that all palliatives were adequately distributed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
NAN also reports that the youths broke into the Councils mini-store beside the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office and found the store empty with no single palliative inside.
The number of the looters also kept multiplying as information reached other residents who insisted that there were palliatives starched inside the area council Secretariat.
The situation also led to serious traffic gridlock as motorists and road users tried to run for safety from teargas and gunshots from the security operatives.
A resident, Miracle Abu, accused government of hoarding food meant for the poor masses.
Unconfirmed sources claimed that the Area Council Officials cleared the warehouse at midnight for fear of been looted by the youths in the area. (NAN)