#EndSARS: “Looting was not caused by poverty or hunger, but pure greed“ – Femi Adesina says (Watch)

President Buhari’s Media and Publicity aide, Femi Adesina, has revealed that the recent looting of warehouses and shops by thugs were not caused by poverty or hunger but were rather born out of “pure greed”.

He said this while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday 29th October.

Adesina insisted that the looting spree which happened days after the #EndSARS protests across the nation was impelled by “pure greed and criminality”.

Adesina completely couldn't help contradicting the possibility chaos and distress which accompanied the #EndSARS protests were a true reflection of the people’s hunger and anger.

“I wouldn’t agree completely with that (that the looters are hungry) because criminality is criminality, would you justify armed robbery because the man was poor?

“Just as you can’t justify armed robbery because a man was poor and then he took a gun to rob another person. You can’t also justify the lootings that are going on. It is pure criminality.

“It is not everybody engaged in that looting that is hungry, that is the truth. It is pure greed and criminality,” Adesina said.

He additionally added that a situation was created for political agitation in the nation and this created room for criminality and looting.

Repeating that the looters were not necessarily hungry and furious, he noted they took advantage of the breakdown of law and order.

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