"Returning Stolen Goods May Not Shield A Looter From Facing The Law" - FCT Police Boss, Bala Ciroma

Bala Ciroma

The Commissioner of police, Abuja command,  Bala Ciroma has stated that returning looted COVID-19 palliatives and other stolen goods from government private individuals might not shield a looter from facing the law.

He disclosed this when he appeared on NTA on Wednesday October 28.

Private and Public warehouses were looted by hoodlums on Monday and Tuesday in the nation's capital. The FCT authorities have appealed for the looters to return the stolen items.

In his interview this morning, Ciroma stated that stealing remains a crime in Nigeria and that returning a looted item doesn’t change the fact that a crime has been committed.

“In a situation where people come to return goods, the fact remains did you commit an offence or not? We will get our legal experts to look at it and we will decide what to do with it.

We will conclude our investigations and the legal experts will look at it accordingly but the fact remains that a crime has been committed.”

The CP stated that the police had been able to arrest several persons who looted warehouses and some properties had been recovered.