Shehu Sani Reacts As Residents Loot Foodstuffs From Govt Warehouse in Abuja: “Impending revolution”

• Senator Shehu Sani has reacted differently to a recent action by Abuja residents at a government agency
• The residents allegedly raided a government warehouse on Sunday morning, and a video indicated that they carted away foodstuffs and other items
• Shehu Sani, in reaction to the development, urged the federal government to look into the current hardship in the land as he noted that it was signs of an impending revolution

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

FCT, Abuja - A former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the alleged looting of a warehouse belonging to the government by some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In a post shared on his X account on Sunday, March 3, Sani described the development as a "dangerous symptom of an impending revolution."

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Recall that some residents of the FCT reportedly looted a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) amid the current economic hardship across the country.

Reacting, NEMA said that the viral report about its warehouse in Abuja being looted by some hungry hoodlums was fake.

In a tweet signed by the agency spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel said the looted warehouse in the viral video had no connection with NEMA. Ezekiel added that he sympathised with the owners of the looted facilities.

However, Channels TV reported that Abuja residents looted a warehouse belonging to the FCT Department of Agriculture. It was gathered that the residents looted foodstuffs and other items kept in the facility.

Reacting, the social critic, Sani, tweeted on Sunday:

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"Masses looting foodstuffs from a Government Warehouse in our oil rich Nigeria is a dangerous symptom of an impending revolution that must be averted or contained."

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Bola Tinubu was warned against allowing protests to erupt among hungry and unorganised Nigerians.

Shehu Sani, a former senator, warned the government while reacting to Tuesday's president's comment against the NLC protest.

Tinubu had claimed that the organised labour had gone on strike four times in just nine months of his administration, adding that such was unacceptable.

Source: Legit.ng