Nigeria’s emergency agency says it has tightened security at its warehouses after hundreds of people looted a food store in the capital at the weekend.
The raid on the outskirts of Abuja marks the latest social unrest over soaring prices and the country’s fraying economy after thousands of demonstrators joined labour union protests last week.
Nigerian news channels and social media images showed hundreds of people raiding the warehouse in the Gwagwa area on Sunday, carting away sacks of grain on foot and by motorbike.
The National Emergency Management Agency said it did not own the warehouse, but declared it would “strengthen security in and around the agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide” as a precaution.
On Monday the minister of state for the area around the capital confirmed the raid took place at a Federal Capital Territory Administration warehouse, calling it a crime “beyond…
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