Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria over the current economic hardship across the country.
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The warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja.
Confirming the incident to our correspondent, the Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the looting of warehouse by hoodlums in Abuja to steal food items at a government storage facility in Gwagwa.
FCT Police Public Relations officer, SP Josephine Adeh, who confirmed the incident, said officers were already on ground trying to control the situation.
According to findings, some persons were arrested by the police due to the incident.
Some residents, who spoke with our correspondent, said youths in their number broke into the warehouse located around Tasha area of the community around 7 am, looting bags of maize and grain.
A resident, Ibrahim Alfa, said the looting continued unhindered for several hours.
Alfa said the situation has caused a grid lock on Gwagwa-Karmo road, that leads to Dei-Dei and Jabi axis, respectively.
Another resident, John said the looters did not spare even protectors used to barricade the site as they picked anything deemed useful from the warehouse.
Recall that recently human rights groups, the Joint Action Front and the Coalition for Revolution hit the streets of Lagos State to protest against the soaring price of food and the high cost of living in the country.
In a similar vein, youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy.
Before then, youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy..
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