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Our Warehouse Not Looted, NEMA Denies Reports

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied reports alleging that its warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.

NEMA made the clarification in a statement on Sunday, March 1, 2024.

While acknowledging that a warehouse was looted in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the agency clarified that the Warehouse does not belong to NEMA, therefore, sympathises with the owners of the looted facility.

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NEMA, however, disclosed that to forestall any security breach at its 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.

The statement read in part:

“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 the 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”, the statement said.

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