Eye witness account told reporters that moments after officials of the Red Cross International were about distributing the materials, the hoodlums in their dozens cordoned off the entire vicinity where they had a field day carting away the materials.
Report said after the state deputy governor, Bala Ngillari, and other dignitaries departed, the thugs numbering about 20, armed with bottles, sticks and machetes descended on the distribution venue.
An official of the state emergency agency who pleaded anonymity said: "We saw hell as these thugs attacked us with sophisticated weapons. They carted away all the items."
Confirming the attack, the state chairman of the Red Cross who is also the
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