FCTA agriculture secretariat warehouse allegedly looted by hoodlums

According to news reports suspected criminals plundered the food store belonging to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Agriculture Secretariat in the Gwagwa area of Abuja, yesterday. The spokesman of FCTA Agric Secretariat, Zakari Aliyu, confirmed the incident, emphasizing that the persons did not only loot all the food items in the store but vandalized and carted away doors and windows of the facility. He confirmed that the criminals swarmed the store when they were offloading food items into the facilities in the morning, carting away all food items with other valuables in the secretariat, estimated at millions of naira. He said there may be an official visit by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike to assess the level of vandalism. The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, also confirmed the incident but disclosed that the situation had been brought under control.