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

The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested no fewer than 15 suspects, including two security guards, in connection with the looting of a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) in Abuja.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Adeh said two security guards employed by the warehouse management were among the suspects, arrested over the vandalism of the warehouse in the Tasha area of Abuja.

She disclosed that 26 bags of maize, five motorcycles, and some vandalised aluminium roofing sheets were recovered from the suspects.

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The police spokesperson said: “The Police Command in the FCT is fully informed about the impulsive attack on Agric Department Strategic food store located at Tasha area of Abuja on March 3.

“The attack has resulted in the vandalism and looting of the warehouse.

“The command wishes to state that normalcy has since, been restored to the area and the situation, under control.”

The Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the FCTA had earlier confirmed the looting of its warehouse by the residents of the nation’s capital on Sunday.

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