NEMA: Looted Abuja warehouse not ours

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the warehouse looted in Abuja by some residents on Sunday did not belong to the agency.

Some residents, on Sunday, broke into a storage facility in the Tasha area of Abuja and looted scores of food items.

It was gathered that the residents of neighbouring Jiwa and Karmo communities also trooped toward the site to partake in the looting of the foodstuffs.

Speaking on the incident via a statement issued on Sunday, the NEMA spokesman, Manzo Ezekiel, said: “This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.

“However, the agency sympathises with the owners of the looted facility.

Police arrest 2 security guards, 13 others over Abuja warehouse looting

“The Director-General, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, has directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations, to strengthen security in and around NEMA offices and warehouses nationwide.

“The directive is to forestall any security breach at NEMA’s facilities across the country.”

It was however learnt that the looted warehouse belongs to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA).

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command had also announced the arrest of 15 suspects, including two security guards, in connection with the incident.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement issued on Sunday, disclosed that 26 bags of maize, five motorcycles, and some vandalised aluminium roofing sheets were recovered from the arrested suspects.

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