Looting Of Warehouse Is Criminal Act And Beyond Hunger — Minister of State FCT
Hunger is not the reason for the criminal looting of the Abuja Warehouse says Mariya.
According to Mariya Mahmoud, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), some residents of Gwagwa-Tasha looted a warehouse on Sunday, committing a crime that went beyond simple hunger.
Speaking following her visit to Gwagwa-Tasha for assessment, she stated: “We are here due to the unfortunate incident that happened early hours of yesterday, where hoodlums attacked this very warehouse and packed everything that is here, including the fence.
“Not only the food items that are here, including the roofings, windows, and even the gates of this place and offices were all attacked.
“You can see the level of damage. There is nothing that is left here, including machineries that are used for the processing of these things.
“As you have heard, people around, the youth of the environment or the community are suspected to have instigated this incident. So, this is a very sad event. And we are not happy about it.
“We did distribution about twice, and then about to do the third one, where these trucks were here to offload these food items, and then they were attacked, even injured some people on duty.
“This is really a bad situation. And it is not something that the Administration will take lightly. All those that are involved must be brought to book. We have to do something.
“Also, 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 roofings that are here. All the doors, all the windows, and also the gates.
“This is not showing that we are good ambassadors of the nation. So definitely we are going to take action about this event that has happened.”
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