Drama as Angry Youths Loot Seyi Tinubu’s Ramadan Palliative in Gombe, Reason Surfaces

• The Ramadan palliative of Seyi, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been looted by angry youths in Gombe state
• The youths intercepted one of the trucks and looted all the items, including rice, sugar, oil, salt, and pasta
• It was gathered that two trucks containing 3,500 cartons of the above items were to be distributed in Gombe state

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Gombe state - Some angry youths in Gombe state have looted Ramadan palliatives reportedly organised by Seyi, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Seyi joined residents and political leaders in breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar) during his visit to northern states in the country.

President Tinubu's son’s visits to the north have been described as Ramadan outreach and the Renewed Hope Youth Engagement initiative.

As reported by Daily Trust, some angry youth carted away cartons of food items from a truck parked by the roadside.

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In a video, the youths were seen throwing the items to those on the ground who eagerly collected and made away with them.

Two trucks containing 3,500 cartons of rice, sugar, oil, salt, and pasta were said to have been allocated to Gombe.

It was gathered that the contents of one truck were successfully distributed while the youth intercepted and emptied the contents of the second truck.

There are rumours that looting was sabotaged by those who were not carried along in the distribution exercise which earlier took place at the state All Progressive Congress (APC) secretariat.

Seyi has been organising Ramadan feeding programs for the less privileged. However, the initiative has sparked mixed reactions on social media. While some commended the effort, others argued that the northern region needed sustainable empowerment rather than temporary food aid.

The former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, had earlier expressed his disapproval with the Ramadan food distribution initiative by Tinubu’s son, calling it an insult to the rich heritage of Northern Nigeria, Leadership reported.

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Sokoto governor names road after Seyi Tinubu

Legit.ng also reported that Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state attracted reactions from Nigerians after naming a road after Seyi Tinubu.

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Abdul-Aziz Na'ibi Abubakar took to social media to share pictures of the road, describing the governor as a clown over the move.

However, some Nigerians expressed mixed reactions about the development.

Why ambition of Seyi Tinubu would likely suffer

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Seyi Tinubu continued to generate reactions from concerned Nigerians, with the recent endorsement of him to be the next Lagos state governor.

Bisi Afolabi, a legal practitioner, in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng maintained that Seyi Tinubu has the right to contest, and those endorsing him are still within the frame of the law.

However, Afolabi posited that the governorship ambition of Seyi Tinubu may suffer the same fate as that of Adetokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, the first daughter of late Obafemi Awolowo.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng