Residents were on rampage on Saturday afternoon after they broke into a property allegedly belonging to a serving Commissioner in charge of Planning and Budget Commission, Kaduna state, Thomas Gyang where unspecified quantity of palliative items were carted away.
Items carted away by the hoodlums, who were joined by other residents male and female, old and young include hundred bags of 10kg rice, 10kg bags of gari, cartons of noodles and cartons of spaghetti.
The property, which was located at Tanko Tete Road, off Gwari Avenue, Barnawa, Kaduna, Kaduna South local government area of the state, was said to be housing two trucks of palliative food items which include sugar, noodles, spaghetti among others with COVID-19 palliative inscription on them.
Unofficial source who spoke in confidence said “the hoodlums looted the items for about two hours without any challenge from any security agency. They broke into the place from the ceiling.
“They were there for about two hours. I’m not sure if the Commissioner lives here but we know the house belong to him,” the source said.
Residents were seen trooping in large number from Television Garage, Sabo Tasha, Ungwan Pama, Ungwan Bark, Ungwan Sunday, Barnawa, Kakuri, Narayi and Bayan Dutse, all within the Kaduna metropolis during across Chikun and Kaduna South local government areas.