The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied news that made the rounds especially on social media on Sunday that its warehouse in Abuja was looted by irate mob.
The agency said the warehouse purportedly looted did not belong to NEMA and has no link to the incident that went viral on Sunday.
In a statement by Manzo Ezekiel of the NEMA Unit, the agency however directed all its zonal divisions to strengthen security in and around the agency’s offices and warehouse to forestall vandalism.
The statement reads: “The attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.
This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA. However, the Agency sympathizes with owners of the looted facility.
To forestall any security breach at NEMA facilities, the Director General Mustapha Habib Ahmed has directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations to strengthen security in and around the Agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide.