- She identified the youths in the area as the suspects who may have instigated the looting
The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, announced plans for establishing police posts in FCT Administration warehouses to thwart miscreants from invading and looting.
Mahmoud addressed this following an assessment visit to the Gwagwa-Tasha warehouse, expressing regret over the unfortunate incident where hoodlums not only stole food supplies but also roofing sheets, emphasizing the criminal nature of the act.
“We are here due to the unfortunate incident that happened in the early hours of yesterday (Sunday), where hoodlums attacked this very warehouse and packed everything that is here.
“Not only food items, including the roofing, windows, and even the gates of this place, were carted away.
“You can see the level of damage. There is nothing that is left here, including machinery that is used for the processing of some of the food in the warehouse.”
She identified the youths in the area as the suspects who may have instigated the looting.
The minister explained that the looting occurred when the FCT Administration was restocking its warehouses with a view to meeting up with the directive of President Bola Tinubu.
She said that Tinubu had directed that palliatives be distributed to residents in all six Area Councils of the FCT.
She assured that the administration would prosecute those behind the ugly incident.
“We distributed the palliative twice and were about to do the third one when the hoodlums attacked the trucks offloading food items in the warehouse, leaving some of the officials injured.
“This is a sign that we need to reinforce the security situation around all our warehouses because you just have to keep food.
“But the way this thing happened actually is beyond hunger. This is a criminal act. Somebody that is hungry cannot move out to remove all the roofing that is here,” she said.
Mahmoud further said that the incident may delay the distribution of palliatives in the territory.