Edo Residents Loot Truckload Of Rice

Some residents of Urora in Benin, Edo State, looted a truckload of rice parked in the vicinity on Thursday, August 1, on the first day of the ongoing protest against bad governance and hunger in the nation.

Residents were seen running to a section of a street in Urora and emerged with mini bags of rice.

The person who shot the video was heard shouting, “This is our rice that (the) government gave us, this is where they hid it. We have located it. This is Urora. Look at rice everywhere, come and collect your rice. Look at the rice that (the) Edo State Government gave us, this where they hid it.”

In another video, a resident said the truck was packed behind Bethel Faith Secondary School, Urora, describing the Edo State Government’s action as wicked.

However, the All Progressives Congress stated it was not surprised by this discovery as the Godwin Obaseki government in the state had succeeded in converting everything received from the Federal Government on behalf of the Edo people to donations made by his administration.