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Twenty-four hours
after the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, distributed bags of rice in
Abuja, security operatives are having a hard time keeping out a huge
mob from the venue.

The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security operatives, comprising the
Police, the FRSC, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,
were seen battling to keep people in the queue.

NAN reports also
that the mob was seen dashing across the road unmindful of oncoming
vehicles, while some just stood on the road and this caused a minor
traffic snarl around the area.

Kande Bulus, a
woman in the queue, told NAN, “We have been here since morning. They
told us yesterday that there was rice distribution here and we decided
to come and see if it is true.”

A man, Tega
Oghenekaro, who had a good command of the English Language, said he was
a graduate with no job and that was why he came to see if he could get
some rice.

“I came to see if I
could lay my hands on a bag or some portion of rice. I am a graduate of
Psychology from the University of Ado-Ekiti, but I’m currently
unemployed.”