Some residents of Bayelsa on Sunday night broke into a warehouse in Yenagoa where 2022 flood palliatives were kept by the state government and stole some food items said to be already decaying.
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The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 44 persons involved in the activities of stealing food and non-food items in government warehouses.
Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The suspects were arrested following information received at the Agbara divisional headquarters that some hoodlums were vandalizing and looting the warehouse.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who was at the scene, reports that the youths packed bags of rice, millet, cartons of noodles, among other items.
The hoodlums under the guise of the #EndSARS protest broke into the warehouse at Arab area of Atimbo in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area and carted away batteries, furniture and some split air condition units.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that the hoodlums were seen in their numbers carting away bags of rice, noodles, salt and gallons of vegetable oil.
The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had on September 22, 2020 formally taken receipt of the food palliatives from the CACOVID team, meant for distribution to the indigent.
Police Commissioner, Edgal Imohimi, who paraded the suspects, they were “beaten to their game” when they tried to cover their tracks.
The South-West zonal spokesman of the agency, Farinloye Ibrahim, confirmed the incident to NAN, stressing that the warehouse was being used to keep relief materials.