Chaos in Suleja as Residents Loot Relief Materials, Clash With Security

• There was chaos in Suleja, Niger State, on Sunday, August 31, when residents looted relief materials arranged for public distribution.

• Despite repeated warnings to stay back, locals forcefully grabbed items, trampling others in the process.

• Security personnel struggled to restore order, while men with sticks attempted to ward off the crowd.

There was chaos on Sunday, August 31, at a field in Suleja, Niger State, as residents looted relief materials meant for public distribution.

The exercise quickly turned rowdy as impatient locals rushed the supplies, trampling others in the process.

Despite repeated announcements urging order “Nobody should go out. Security should lock the gate, nobody should go out” armed security personnel and stick-wielding guards struggled to control the crowd.

Many residents still managed to escape with items, some even climbing the fence after the gates were locked.

In other news…. Germany-based Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Angelo Chidi Unegbu, said on Facebook that God does not decide when people graduate, marry, have children, get wealthy, or recover from illness.

He explained that God has already given humans the resources and freedom to achieve their dreams.

“When I tell you that God is not the one who decides when you graduate, marry, give birth, become rich, get a promotion in a job, win elections, get cured from an ailment, etc., I do not say so to diminish the power of the creator or to destroy your faith in God,” he wrote.

“Not at all. I do so to introduce you to the love of God, who has given you everything you need to succeed in your endeavours even before you were born. I am talking of a God who created you as a co-creator and who gives you the freedom to make choices and to help in making the world a better place.

“When we fail to discover the resources and abilities he has given us in making our world a better place and in achieving our good dreams, we should have ourselves to blame, not him.”