Tag: LOOTING
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#ENDSARS: Mothers took children to loot – Nigerian Army tells Lagos Panel
The Nigerian Army had given a graphic narration of the alleged dire security situation in Lagos that warranted them being invited to restore order in the state. Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of…
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End SARS: Nigerians looting warehouses are not hungry – Presidency
The Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that the looters of warehouses across the country were not hungry nor angry but took advantage of the collapsed law and order. He said the collapse of law and order in the country was as a result of a…
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#EndSARS: Massive looting, destruction of properties not caused by poverty – Femi Adeshina
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has said that the vandalisation, looting of COVID-19 palliatives and shops by thugs was not caused by large scale poverty in the country. Adesina said on Thursday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, that attributing the looting to poverty was like justifying armed…
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Looters who return looted goods will still be prosecuted – Police
The FCT police command says returning goods looted from warehouses storing COVID-19 palliatives and other items may not shield one from prosecution. The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Bala Ciroma, said this on NTA’s Good Morning Nigeria programme on Wednesday. Ciroma said stealing remains a crime in Nigeria and the return of looted goods doesn’t…
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#ENDSARS: Police nab 23 more looting suspects, recover 14 motorcycles
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 23 people suspected to have looted warehouses during the #ENDSARS crisis, recovering 14 motorcycles and six tricycles. The spokesman of the command, ASP. Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday. Jalige said the suspects were arrested on Oct. 27 in Barnawa,…
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NSCDC sacks officer for looting COVID-19 relief items in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has sacked its officer, Corps Assistant Illiya Ibrahim, of the Gwagwalada Division Abuja for partaking in the looting of a warehouse in the Federal Capital Territory. Ekundayo Gbenga, Media Assistant to the Commandant General, NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday evening. Bags…
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JUST IN: Pandemonium in Mile 12 as hoodlums vandalise BRT buses, loot shops
The #EndSARS violence spread to Mile 12 area of Lagos on Tuesday as hoodlums unleash terror on people and vandalised several BRT buses. It was gathered that the hoodlums also attacked private shops, shooting and looting properties in the area. There was pandemonium as traders and shop owners fled for safety. Vehicle owners were said…
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#EndSARS: Looting, vandalisation at Adeniran Ogunsanya, Bode Thomas not done by ‘Surulere children’ – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday boasted that the looting and vandalisation that took place at Surulere area of Lagos and its environs were not perpetrated by bonafide breeds of the area. The Speaker said this after inspecting the damaged public and private properties in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency…
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CACOVID finally speaks on looted palliatives
CACOVID said it set out to provide relief for 2 million households, which would translate to more than 10 million Nigerians. According to CACOVID, each household is supposed to receive 10kg bag of rice, 5kg bag of garri/semolina, one carton of pasta, two cartons of noodles, 5kg of sugar and 1kg of salt adding that…
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Looting’ll have negative effects on economy -FG
The National Orientation Agency has appealed to youths in the country to stop robbing warehouses and other facilities. The Federal Government’s agency warned that looting would lead to negative effects on the country’s economy. NOA made this known in a series of tweets on Monday. In its post, titled ‘stop looting’, NOA urged Nigerians to…