Reacting to the development, spokesman of NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, said: “This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the warehouse looted in Abuja on Sunday did not belong to it.
Several persons broke into a storage facility in Abuja on Sunday, and looted food items.
Residents of the area said youths broke into the warehouse located around Tasha area of the community and looted bags of maize and other grains.
Some said residents of neighbouring Jiwa and Karmo communities trooped toward the site with the intention of partaking in the loot.
A resident, Jaafar Aminu, said the looting continued unhindered till 9 am.
He said some residents as well as persons from neighboring Jiwa and Karmo town trooped towards the site with the intention of partaking in the looting.
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He said the situation has caused a gridlock on Gwagwa-Karmo road, that leads to Dei-Dei and Jabi axis, respectively.
Aminu disclosed that he left the location with bruises.
Reacting to the development, spokesman of NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, said: “This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.
“However, the agency sympathises with owners of the looted facility.
“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,’’ Ezekiel added.
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