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Hardship: Nigerian Govt. calls warehouse looting criminal

The Nigerian Government has frowned upon the looting of a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory, describing it as a criminal act.  The incident, which took place at the weekend, was attributed to the food inflation and resultant hunger facing many Nigerians.

However, the government said it believes the incident had nothing to do with hunger but a criminal act.

Dr Mariya Mahmoud, junior minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has expressed her unhappiness over the looting.

“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, the minister said in a statement issued by her media adviser Austin Elemue.

“We have to do something. And 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 is beyond hunger. This is a criminal act. Somebody who is hungry cannot move out to remove all the roofings that are here. All the doors, all the windows, and also the gates.

“As you have heard from 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”, she said.

Mahmoud explained that the incident occurred when the administration was restocking its warehouse to meet up with the directive of President Bola Tinubu to distribute palliatives to all six area councils in the FCT.

She further stated that the FCTA would find and prosecute those behind the ugly incident, noting that the administration would renovate the warehouse in due time.

“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 not showing that we are good ambassadors of the nation. So definitely we are going to take action about this event that has happened. We have to reconstruct, not even renovate this warehouse, all the offices, and then the gates that are damaged”, she added.

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