SaharaReporters earlier reported that over 200
tricycle vehicles loaded with grains and other items
left the NEMA warehouse alone, on Sunday
morning.

The Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Prof
Kaletapwa Farauta, has explained that the hoodlums
who attacked some warehouses in the state and
looted stored food items did not break the doors of
the warehouses.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics
hours after the attack on the warehouses including
that of the National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA), Farauta said that the attackers
drilled holes into the walls of the warehouses.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that over 200
tricycle vehicles loaded with grains and other items
left the NEMA warehouse alone, on Sunday
morning.



As further gathered, armed hoodlums took
advantage of the situation to dispossess residents
of personal belongings, including cell phones.
At least, four of the alleged looters were reportedly
shot dead by security operatives during the
rampage.


The Deputy Governor said on Channels TV: “Two
warehouses were attacked in Yola, the state capital,
while one was attacked in Numan Local
Government Area."


She added that "NEMA stores and state government
warehouse attacked in Yola are within the same
axis.”

“They drilled holes in the wall of the warehouses,
they didn’t break the doors," she said.


“The government is very mindful of the fact that our
people are hungry and our people are suffering. We
accept that, but we condemn what has happened
because that will not take us forward.


“Those stores and warehouses that have been
destroyed, the government is still going to use
funds now to repair them, and our youths can
channel their energies into positive things instead of
doing what they did today.”


SaharaReporters also reported that the state
governor, Umaru Fintiri, in reaction to the incident,
imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state.

Governor Fintiri through his aide said, “The curfew
followed the dangerous dimension the activities of
hoodlums had assumed across the state capital as
they attack people with matches and break into
business premises and homes carting away
property.”




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