Nigeria, March 5 -- The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mariya Mahmoud, has denounced the Sunday's looting of a government warehouse in Gwagwa-Tasha, a satellite town in the territory.

Mrs Mahmoud, who spoke to journalists after visiting the scene of the incident on Monday, described it as not merely an expression of hunger but as a criminal act.

Some hoodlums had on Sunday morning broke into the warehouse and took away food items and other things in the facility.

"We are here due to the unfortunate incident that happened early hours of yesterday, where hoodlums attacked this very warehouse and packed everything that is here, including the fence.

"Not only the food items that are here, including the roofing,...