Youths now go
about snatching food packs from nursery and primary school children on their
way to school in in Minna, Niger State capital, The Guardian reports.
The latest
victim, one Fati Sanusi, a four-year-old nursery two pupil of Mega Stars
Academy, located in Kpakungu, Minna, alleged that her food pack, prepared by
her mother was snatched from her by a youth.
Headmistress
of the school, Mrs Cecilia Bunmi Koseemani, who confirmed the incident
exclusively to The Guardian, said that it was difficult to get the little girl
to stop crying.
“We had to
send for her mother who prevailed on the four-year-old girl before she stopped
crying. The mother later rushed back home to prepare Indomie for her instead of
the rice meal that was initially snatched from her.” said Mrs Koseemani.
The
Headmistress appealed to parents to try and put their little school children in
the care of grown up schoolmates, so as to avoid such things in the future,
describing the incident as a reflection of the prevailing hardship in the
country.
Other cases
of hunger-induced crimes includes reports of people stealing food still on
fire, as well as women collecting food items from sellers in the market and
deliberately taking to their heels instead of paying. It was also reported that
a housewife stabbed her rival to death over the modalities for sharing a
measure of Gaari (Cassava flour) brought home by their husband.
Source: The
Guardian
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