Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said that the looters of warehouses across the country were not hungry nor angry but took advantage of the collapsed law and order.<\/p>\n
He said the collapse of law and order in the country was as a result of a protracted protest by Nigerian youths.<\/p>\n
DAILY POST had reported a series of looting of COVID-19 palliatives from various states\u2019 warehouses and also the destruction of public and private property by angry youths.<\/p>\n
Appearing on Channels Television, the presidential aide also countered Amnesty International\u2019s report on what led to the nationwide looting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis crowd of people you see going to loot are not necessarily hungry and angry,\u201d Adesina said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are taking advantage of the collapse of law and order that came as a result of protracted protests. Amnesty International is wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnarchy has broken loose before even Lekki. The prisons in Benin and Oko had been broken before Lekki; Orile police station had been burnt before Lekki; many policemen had been burnt before Lekki so you cannot say that Lekki precipitated all those things. Look at the timelines. Check when those things happened you\u2019ll see that they had happened before Lekki.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmnesty International does not have all the facts. They don\u2019t run this country. They shouldn\u2019t know beyond what they have been told\u2026. certain things, criminal in nature, had happened before Lekki and to say Lekki precipitated it is not quite right.\u201d<\/p>\n