Looting: NEMA beefs up security nationwide, denies attack on Abuja warehouse

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has debunked reports that its warehouse was looted by hoodlums in Abuja.

Daily Trust had reported how hoodlums raided some warehouses in the nation’s capital on Sunday morning.

However, some sections of the media had reported that one of the affected warehouses belonged to NEMA.

However, NEMA, in a statement by Manzo Ezekiel, its spokesperson, dismissed the report.

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According to the agency, measures to safeguard its facilities nationwide have been put in place.

The statement reads: “The attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.

“This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA. However, the Agency sympathizes with owners of the looted facility.

“To forestall any security breach at NEMA facilities, the Director General Mustapha Habib Ahmed has directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations to strengthen security in and around the Agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide.”