JUST IN: FCTA Confirms Looting Of Warehouse As NEMA Beefs Up Security Over Fears Of Invasion

The Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has confirmed the looting of its warehouse in Dei-Dei on Sunday, by FCT residents, over the country’s economic hardship.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the ARD Secretariat, Zakari Aliyu, said the Secretary, had earlier visited the warehouse, where the residents had looted everything in the store and vandalised the place, removing the roofs and windows.

He added that the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, and the FCT Mandate Secretary, Agric Secretariat, Lawan Geidam, will again visit the facility on Monday where more detailed information will be given regarding the incident.

“We visited the scene of the incident this morning. We visited with the Secretary and some other officials of the Secretariat. So, by tomorrow, the Secretary I think with the Minister of State will pay another visit to that place. I am sure that a lot of information that will be useful to you, you will get it. If you can just be patient, tomorrow you will get all the information you need. If you go there, there is nothing there. If you know that place, do you know that they removed the roof, and the windows inclusive, apart from the food items?”, he said.

Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has debunked reports that its warehouse was looted by hoodlums in Abuja.

Recall earlier reports had narrated how hoodlums raided some warehouses in the nation’s capital on Sunday morning.

However, some sections of the media had reported that one of the affected warehouses belonged to NEMA.

However, NEMA, in a statement by Manzo Ezekiel, its spokesperson, dismissed the report.

According to the agency, measures to safeguard its facilities nationwide have been put in place.

The statement reads: “The attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.

“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.”