Senator Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker and social critic, has reacted to the alleged looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) and some other food warehouses by some residents of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT.
According to Sani, development is a dangerous symptom of an impending revolution.
In the early hours of Sunday, some residents of the FCT looted a warehouse belonging to the NEMA a development said to be the result of the current economic hardship across the country.
The residents were seen in videos and pictures carting away foodstuffs and other items.
Sani tweeted on Sunday that “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.”
On its part, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, had said that stalled per-capita growth, poverty and high food insecurity have exacerbated the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria.
The report emerged amid rising inflation, exchange rate crisis, weak economic growth and business shutdowns.