The police have confirmed the arrest of 45 suspects, involved in the vandalisation of warehouses and recovered looted items in Yola the state capital of Adamawa State.
The state police public relations officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya, confirmed the development to LEADERSHIP in Yola.
Yahaya said all the suspects have been detained at the police headquarters.
He said the combined patrol team including army, police and other security agencies, have prevented escalation of the looting for now.
Meanwhile, head of operation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ladan Ayuba, confirmed that all the four warehouses belong to the agency, and were located along Numan road.
“All the four warehouses belonging to NEMA in the state have been vandalised. This is high level of criminality, where food and non-food items were carted away,” he said.
Ayuba said the recently renovated agency’s office was also attacked by the miscreants and that many official documents got missing during the…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
