Abuja WareHouse: Police Arrest 15 Suspects, Recover 26 Bags Of Maize
FCT Police Command has arrested 15 suspects, including two security guards who actively participated in the Sunday looting of a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria.
The warehouse, situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja was surrounded by hoodlums in Abuja who stole food items over the current economic hardship across the country.
Following the invasion, the FCT Police Command released a statement that revealed that aside from the stolen items, vandalized aluminum roofings and motorcycles were also retrieved from the suspects.
The Police Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said “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 environ 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 aluminum roofings were recovered from the suspects.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had 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 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.”
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