Epidemic Looms In Ekiti, As Hoodlums Loot Poisonous Grains |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

True to their threat, and despite the imposition of curfew, hoodlums still hiding under the #EndSARS protest in Ekiti state, invaded some stores Friday evening, and carted away goods worth millions in Naira.

Stores invaded include the federal government silo, Ekiti state Agricultural Development Project store, and the State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA) store all in Ado Ekiti.

Items carted away according to reports, include bags of fertilizer which they mistook for rice, processed grains meant for planting, packs of indomie and salt.

However, a Government announcement has warned the people against eating the grains as they are poisonous as they are not fit for consumption.

It insisted that the state government had no Palliatives’ store anywhere in the state as all the food items had been distributed during the lockdown.

The hoodlums invaded the SEMA store located at Adebayo area of the state capital, drove away the security man, forced the door open, and looted various items meant for victims of natural disasters.

Soldiers were, however, drafted to the area to restore normalcy.

Governor Kayode Fayemi, in a broadcast on Friday, had extended the curfew till Monday morning, to enable government monitor developments on the #EndSARS protest.