Three women were feared to have been trampled to death and many others seriously injured during the looting of a massive palliative warehouse in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on Monday, October 26,2020.
According to a report by The Nation, some who were suffocating were helped out of the building and being assisted with sachets of water
The thugs were said to have climbed the fence from adjacent compound near WAEC office while others penetrated through the back of a bank’s premises to gain entrance.
Some officers of Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corps, Nigeria Police and Guards Brigade of Nigeria Army, who arrived at the scene, blocked the roads with their vehicles but later overpowered by the thugs.
The situation made the security to call for reinforcement and forced their way into the crowd and closed down the warehouse.Items looted include bags of rice, noodles and several others.
Watch the Video Below:
Palliative warehouse, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Two women already dead, all stamped upon in the warehouse and all dead pic.twitter.com/z7ubQVWw2u
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