Fifteen suspects including two security guards who actively participated in the invasion and looting of a federal government food storage warehouse located in Tasha area in the Karmo district of Abuja have been arrested by operatives of the FCT Police Command.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that 26) bags of Maize, five (5) Motorcycles and some vandalized aluminium roofings were recovered from the suspects.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, “The FCT police command is fully informed about the impulsive attack on Agric Department Strategic food store located at Tasha, Abuja, on 2/03/2024 by some irate mobs, which resulted in the vandalism and looting of the warehouse.
“The Command wishes to state that normalcy has since been restored to the environment and the situation is very much under control
“Fifteen(15) suspects were arrested, including two local security guards employed by the warehouse management
“Exhibits such as twenty-six (26) bags of Maize, five Motorcycles and some vandalized aluminium roofings were recovered from the suspects.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) shortly after news broke out about the looting denied that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.
It said, “This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.
“However, the Agency sympathizes with the owners of the looted facility.
“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.”