By Ken Chiwendu
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The Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory FCT ,Dr Mariya Mahmoud, said those who looted the FCTA warehouse in Gwagwa are criminals and would be prosecuted.
The Minister also said that the administration plans to reinforce security across government-owned warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory.
Mahmoud made this known in a statement by her Spokesman ,Austin Elemue, on Monday.
. According to the statement, the Minister on getting to the Warehouse on Monday lamented the looting describing it as ” beyond hunger” but a criminal act
“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. And also, this is a sign that we need to reinforce the security situation around all our warehouses because you just have to keep food.
“But the way this thing happened is beyond hunger. This is a criminal act. Somebody who is hungry cannot move out to remove all the roofings that are here. All the doors, all the windows, and also the gates.
“As you have heard from 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”, she said.
The Minister said the incident occurred when the administrator was restocking to distribute the third round of distribution when the looting happened adding that action would be taken against those involved in the act.
“We did distribution about twice. And then about to do the third one, where these trucks were here to offload these food items, and then they were attacked, even injured some people on duty.
“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. We have to reconstruct, not even renovate this warehouse, all the offices, and then the gates that are damaged”,
