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Hoodlums invade Bayelsa warehouse, cart away bags of garri

Some suspected hoodlums have carted away bags of garri from the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency’s warehouse at Igbogene, Yenagoa, that are being distributed as relief materials to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

It was gathered that the boys moved over 150 bags of garri out of the warehouse and carted them away through a bush path.

The state government had, on Thursday, commenced the distribution of the bags of garri to the three local government areas of Yenagoa, Southern Ijaw and Kolokuma/Opokuma in the first phase of the exercise under the supervision of the SEMA Chairman, Zedekiah Izu.

Izu, who is also a member of the state’s COVID-19 Task Force chaired by Governor Douye Diri, had explained on Thursday that the staple was meant for the victims of the 2019 flood in the state but the National Emergency Management Agency delayed bringing it to the state.

He said the governor directed that the bags of garri be distributed to the poor to reduce the hardship being suffered by the people as a result of the lockdown imposed on the state to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The stolen bags of garri were said to be allocated to the Sagbama and Ekeremor local government areas.

An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “The boys came threatening to deal with anybody who tried to stop them from having their COVID-19 palliatives.”

The incident was said to have caused pandemonium in the area and the warehouse was forced to be closed to prevent the looting of the remaining bags of garri.
Efforts to get the comment of the SEMA boss did not yield any result as he did not return calls to his mobile.

He had yet to reply to a text message sent to him as of the time of filing this report.

Source: https://punchng.com/hoodlums-invade-bayelsa-warehouse-cart-away-bags-of-garri/

Hunger badd ,

We Nigerians are our own problem. I bought two paints of yellow garri for 1k two Fridays ago, I directed a friend the next day to that place it happened that the guy is now selling one paint for 1400. Imagine almost 3x of what I bought.

Hunger have started

LMAO!

Reality has started playing out.

As them say na only old people dey vulnerable

Which hoodlums go take him time to steal not 1 but 150 bags? Na inside job.

Our leaders do not have idea on how the masses survive. If only they put themselves in the masses shoes, they would give up their exotic cars/lifestyle.

This is just about to start, this lockdown and govt dribbling of the masses will be brought to an end. Wait and see... Thank God most of our politicians are back to their constituencies now, now closer to the people, we are in this together, dem go start to receive visitors 3ice in a day soon

Scam

Lies.


Hired hoodlums.


Na so 150 bags dey easy to carry comot for state house?

How manage ? Did they use truck?

Very funny country. @ OP, please change it to Government officials not hoodlums Abeg. Hahahahahaha

150 bags ke.


Meanwhile, check my siggy for an opportunity to earn cool cash in dollars during this lockdown.

Lol
Guys are really hungry.
The process of giving out these relief materials are damn too slow.
How long will it take for people that have been asked to stay at and do no work to get relief from the govt?

This is just the beginning. If govt at various levels do not sit up, what they will experience will be more than the coro that is already unsettling them.

Give people food and their relief stuff una dey kpadi. More to come from the hungry citizenry.

They have only diverted the items by 150bags...

There is serious hunger in the land! Only God can deliver us. Moreover,the government needs to provide a lasting solution to poverty in the land,instead of sharing food items

“The boys came threatening to deal with anybody who tried to stop them from having their COVID-19 palliatives.”........

This is serious.

Ok

Such a shame that the Bayelsa government wants to share only Garri sef, it’s so sad that the government expects the masses to survive on only Garri, not even rice or beans just garri but to those lads that moved the garri I hope it’s going to be a case of ROBIN HOOD

Poverty dey pursue people be like dye

Aguu bu isii oya...dx story ain't adding up atall.

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At least 90% of Nigerians including all corrupt politicians deserves to wiped off by this corona virus or something else..

Anarchy uprising gradually... It is well o
Carting away 150 bags of garri through the bush doesn't sound reasonable to me... This might be a propaganda.

Pictures or I don't belief it