The FCT Police Command yesterday paraded 51 suspected looters arrested at the Jabi-Dakibiu, Idu Industrial Estate and Karimo axis, where the warehouses containing COVID-19 palliatives were vanderlised and looted.
Parading the suspects to journalists at the command headquarters in Garki, Abuja, CP Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, sounded a note of warning to persons engaged in all forms of criminality, especially the looting and vanderlization of property within the territory.
Ciroma stressed that the command would not condone any act capable of undermining the safety of lives of property of FCT residents.
He said the command had deployed tactical strategies such as diligent motorized and foot patrols, deployment of personnel to key infrastructure, collaboration with sister security and stakeholders in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu.
While reiterating the unflinching commitment of the command to provide adequate security, the commissioner of police appealed to residents to remain law-abiding and calm.
Ciroma disclosed that the command made the following recoveries: 52 bags of 5kg rice; 2 bags of 50kg rice; 4 cartons of eva soap; 20 trousers; 33 shirts and 17 wrappers.
Other recovered items include: 10 linen; 2 cartons of noddles; 1 big sack of Spaghetti and 1 sack of tomato paste.
BusinessDay recalled that on Sunday, some angry youths in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) invaded several warehouses in the territory, carting away COVID-19 palliatives such agricultural produce, textiles and other items.
The angry residents had on Saturday attempted to break-in into the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts Culture, Abuja, where they were repelled by security agents.
