FCTA To Establish Police Posts Across FCT Warehouses

The FCT Administration is to establish police posts across all government warehouses in the territory.

FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud who stated this during a visit to the scene of the Gwagwa-Tasha warehouse looting, described the act as a criminal act.

Mahmoud called it an unfortunate incident, that should not be dismissed on the basis of hunger.

She frowned at the manner the hoodlums carted away all the grains and other food stuffs including the roofing sheets.

Mahmoud who expressed worry over the attitude of the youths in the area, however assured that the Administration would bring perpetrators to book.

“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, this is a sign that we need to reinforce the security situation around all our warehouses, because you just have to keep food”.

“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” Mahmoud said.

According to the Minister, the unfortunate incident occurred when the Administration was restocking its warehouse, with a view to meeting the directive of Mr. President to distribute palliatives to all the six area councils in FCT.

Mahmoud however, stressed that the incident may slow down the distribution of palliatives in the territory, nothing that the warehouses has to be reconstructed, including the gates that were damaged.

“We did distribution about twice.And then about to do the third one when 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”.

“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”.

Remi Johnson, Edited By Grace Namiji