The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the looting of warehouse by hoodlums in Abuja to steal food items at a government storage facility in Gwagwa.
FCT Police Public Relations officer, SP Josephine Adeh, who confirmed the incident, said officers were already on ground trying to control the situation.
Recall that hoodlums broke into a government storage facility in Gwagwa town of FCT on Sunday, March 1, and looted stores filled with food items.
Some residents, who spoke with The Nation, said youths in their number broke into the warehouse located around Tasha area of the community around 7 am, looting bags of maize and grain.
A resident, Ibrahim Alfa, said the looting continued unhindered for several hours.
Alfa said the situation has caused a grid lock on Gwagwa-Karmo road, that leads to Dei-Dei and Jabi axis, respectively.
Another resident, John said the looters did not spare even protectors used to barricade the site as they picked anything deemed useful from the warehouse.
But the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has debunked reports circulating in some quarters that its warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja on Sunday.
NEMA spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed that the looted warehouse is not affiliated with the agency, but sympathised with the owners of the looted facility.
NEMA said it has taken measures to safeguard its facilities nationwide.
“To forestall any security breach at NEMA facilities, the Director General Mustapha Habib Ahmed has directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations to strengthen security in and around the Agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide,” NEMA said.
