Protesters on Thursday looted a truckload of rice at the Urora community in the Ikpoba-okha local government area of Edo State.
The protesters found the vehicle parked on a road as they protested in the community.
One of them to journalists the rice was released to the state by the Federal Government but was allegedly diverted by government officials.
They vowed to search for all locations where the federal government palliatives for Edo State were hidden.
The protesters also recorded video of the looting from the unidentified truck.
However, the state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, in a statement denied that the rice belonged to the state.
Nehikhare alleged that the videos making the rounds about the looting were parts of a desperate attempt to score cheap political points by opposition parties.
He said: “The Edo State Government has received information about the looting of bags of rice from an unidentified truck and private residences in parts of Benin City in the wake of the ‘EndBadBGovernance protests.
“The videos making the rounds are said to have emanated from the Urora axis of Ikpoba Hill, Benin, and the government does not have a warehouse in that location.”