Drama, chaos as women with babies besiege Governor's residence for food

There were serious drama and confusion outside the official residence of Governor Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.

A group of women besieged the building as they pleaded with the governor to give them money to buy food, The Nation reports.

But when nothing was forthcoming, the aggrieved women in thousands raised their voices, forced all security officials into the building, and locked all the entrances with the governor inside.

It was so bad that even dignitaries and state officials were unable to gain access into the residence Even more, journalists who were observing the ugly development had to leave the scene as fears of ensuing violence increased.

One of the beggars who spoke with newsmen, Malama Halima Hadi, the real trouble for herself and her colleagues is not COVID-19 but hunger, poverty, unemployment, insecurity, and untold suffering.