Gov’t warehouse looted in Abuja, as perpetrators cart away food items worth millions

By Matthew Denis, Abuja

Pandemonium rocked the government storage facility in Gwagwa town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday as individuals supsected to be hoodlums looted the warehouse.

Findings by the Newdirect Newspaper indicates some 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, Jaafar Aminu, said the looting continued unhindered till 9 am when he spoke to our reporter.

He said some residents as well as persons from neighboring Jiwa and Karmo town trooped towards the site with the intention of partaking in the loot.

He said the situation has caused a grid lock on Gwagwa-Karmo road, that leads to Dei-Dei and Jabi axis, respectively.