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Angry residents invade, loot government palliative warehouse

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August 28, 2023

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Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Sunday reportedly invaded and looted a warehouse where palliatives are kept. The warehouse located in Kpansia suburb of the state capital is where the 2022 flood palliatives were stored.

However, it was not confirmed whether the subsidy palliatives provided by President Bola Tinubu to states to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal are among the items looted by the angry residents.

The state government kept the 2022 flood relief supplies in a warehouse in Kpansia area, along Isaac Boro highway It remains unclear if the palliatives sent to states to lessen the effects of the subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu are also among the stolen items.

Confirming the residents invasion of the warehouse, National Daily Newspaper gathered that the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency, said the incident occurred at about 7:45pm on Sunday almost an hour after the Director-General, Walamam Igrubia, alongside some BYSEMA personnel, left the warehouse premises, adding that during the 2022 flood in the state, the Agency used the warehouse to store food items.

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BYSEMA in the statement condemns the action of the yet-to-be-identified persons that invaded the premises of a warehouse and also condemns the attempt to politicize the incident by opposition elements in the state National Daily Newspaper gathered.

For emphasis, BYSEMA states that these items were not fresh food palliatives and were not hoarded by the Agency or the state government. “Importantly, these items are unfit for human consumption and a responsible, caring government like ours will not give Bayelsans such items as palliatives.