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| Africa Live: Nigeria tightens security as food theft continues - BBC News | |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| Nigerian authorities have heightened security at government food stores | |
| around the country amid a crisis. | |
| With people struggling to afford food, recently there have been increased cases of attacks on warehouses to steal food items. | |
| On Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) | |
| said it was increasing security “to forestall any breaches” at | |
| its offices and warehouses nationwide. | |
| It came as local residents broke into and looted food items including bags of maize at a | |
| facility in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja. | |
| They are said to have stolen other items they | |
| deemed useful, including protectors used to barricade the site. The incident, which reportedly went on hours, | |
| is said to have caused a gridlock as people blocked roads near the area. | |
| Some videos are being shared online showing the chaotic scenes on Sunday, with crowds gathered around the | |
| facilities and others walking away with sacks of grain. | |
| Police told local | |
| media that the situation had been brought under control. | |
| The incident came amid an economic crisis in the country which has seen the prices of | |
| goods and services rise significantly, with inflation rising to nearly 30%. | |
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