In Lagos Island, Lagos State, a viral video showed a large crowd queuing for free bread, but they had to endure being beaten with canes before receiving it.
Another video showed people fighting over free tubers of yam at the Lagos Central Mosque. This is as a result of current economic crisis and hunger in Nigeria, where prices of food items have been increasing for nearly 30 years.
The removal of fuel subsidy and the devaluation of the naira have added to inflation. A standard 50kg bag of rice, which could feed a household of eight to ten for a month, now costs N77,000 ($53; £41), exceeding the monthly income of most Nigerians.
As a result, many Nigerians in the Northern region have resorted to eating afafata, rice grains that millers had rejected after processing or selling to farmers to feed their fish. The grains are broken, dirty, and tough, but their lower price has made them more attractive to hungry Nigerians and helped poorer families afford one of the staple foods in the country.
The scenes you are witnessing in this video happened just a few days ago in Lagos Island.
— Babatunde Gbadamosi (@BOGbadams) February 14, 2024
Lagos Island is the only LGA where the APC managed to win the highest number of votes allowed to be cast at the last elections.
It is the headquarters of Yorùbá Ponú in the while world.… pic.twitter.com/1wOlfhs4Kq
APC wants to replicate the almajiri's life style across the whole country. The signs are there all Yoruba Ronu will beg for their life soon pic.twitter.com/6qdnBWxsqg
— iDAN ???????? (@dangbanamanager) February 15, 2024