The police have beefed up security at the warehouses belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency nationwide following the looting of food warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday, by suspected hoodlums.
According to The PUNCH, security agencies have taken proactive measures to forestall any security breach at NEMA facilities, the Director-General, Mustapha Ahmed, has directed zonal directors and heads of operations to strengthen security in and around the agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide.”
Against the backdrop of the attack on the Abuja warehouses, the police commands in Bayelsa, Kaduna, Delta, Osun, Sokoto, Gombe, and other states have deployed personnel to protect warehouses, food stores, silos and other infrastructure.
The spokesperson for Bayelsa State police command, Musa Mohammed, confirmed that the command had deployed various security measures to prevent the looting of warehouses in the state.
These, he said, include drone patrol and other electronic surveillance, adding that the command was collaborating with other security agencies to protect food warehouses.
Mohammed said, “Anti-mob dispersal drills are emplaced, drone patrol, CCTV and other electronic surveillance measures are on.
“Stability patrols are being coordinated with other security agencies. All these measures are targeted at protecting all warehouses and to ensure social harmony.”
The Kaduna State Police command assured that it had reinforced security around all NEMA warehouses in the state.
Speaking in the same vein, the Delta State police spokesman, Bright Edafe, said though the state had not recorded any cases of warehouse looting, the command had taken pre-emptive steps to prevent such an incident.
In Osun State, the police said they had done all that needed to be done to fend off looters.
The police in Sokoto said they were ready to contain any criminal activity or breach of security in the state just as the command said it had deployed its operatives to protect emergency food stores in the state.
Similarly, in Gombe State Commissioner of State, Hayatu Usman, revealed that his personnel were stationed at the warehouses in the state.
