The Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCDA) has claimed ownership of the warehouse looted by FCT residents in Dei-Dei area on Sunday.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson for the ARD Secretariat, Zakari Aliyu, said the Secretary, had earlier visited the warehouse, where the residents had looted everything in the store and vandalised the place.
He added that the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, and the FCT Mandate Secretary, Agric Secretariat, Lawan Geidam, will again visit the facility on Monday where more detailed information will be given regarding the incident.
“We visited the scene of the incident this morning. We visited with the Secretary and some other officials of the Secretariat. So, by tomorrow, the Secretary I think with the Minister of State will pay another visit to that place. I am sure that a lot of information that will be useful to you, you will get it. If you can just be patient, tomorrow you will get all the information you need. If you go there, there is nothing there. If you know that place, do you know that they removed the roof, and the windows inclusive, apart from the food items?”, he said.
The National Emergency Management Agency had earlier in a statement denied reports that its warehouse in Abuja was looted, while however sympathising with the owners of the affected warehouse.
