Damaged goods left behind at the NEMA warehouse are seen on the ground after the warehouse was looted, following the Endsars protest in Abuja, Nigeria November 7, 2020 REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
YOLA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Looters have been targeting state warehouses across Nigeria stocked with COVID-19 relief supplies which they say should already have gone to the poor and hungry.
Authorities denied accusations of food hoarding or plans to sell the supplies. The National Governors Forum (NGF), which brings together the heads of Nigeria's 36 states, said some of the looted items were a "strategic reserve ahead of a projected second wave of COVID-19."
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