Some irate youths in Lugbe, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) vandalised a vehicle carrying food items meant to be given as palliative by a philanthropist.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the youths descended on the vehicle which was carrying items such as rice, noodles, Maggi and vegetable oil.

According to NAN, the food items were brought by a benefactor in collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) for the inhabitants of the area to minimise the effects of the lockdown.

The irate youths used cutlasses and axes to open the vehicle with registration number LG 51 BBG.

It was a survival of the fittest at the scene, as the most powerful carted away several bags of about 25Kg rice and other food items.

Some of the youths were seen later selling the bags of rice for N1,000 each, saying they have collected their share of the national cake.

Speaking about the incident, a resident of the area, Mr Felix Uzor, said that the philanthropist had good thoughts for people of the area, however, the aim of the gesture was crushed.

“Though the philanthropist meant well, but as far as I am concerned, they may have succeeded in sharing COVID-19 to residents of this area instead of food items, because the people didn’t observe social distancing,” he said.

Mr Emeka Anthony, the driver of the truck while describing the incident as disheartening, said had he not escaped from the scene, he would have been lynched.