BREAKING: Residents Invade NEMA Warehouse In Abuja, Loot Foodstuffs, Others Amid Hardship (Video)

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory have looted and ransacked a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA).

According to SaharaReporters, it was learnt that the warehouse was raided on Sunday morning.

The warehouse is located in Karimo, Phase 3 Region of the FCT, Abuja.

SaharaReporters gathered that the residents carted away foodstuffs and other items.

Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have been deployed to the area to disperse the looters and secure the building, SaharaReporters learnt.

BREAKING: Residents Invade NEMA Warehouse In Nigeria’s Capital, Loot Foodstuffs, Others Amid Hardship pic.twitter.com/0ebd0DmnLq

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The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters.

She, however, added that the situation had been brought under control.

"The situation is now under control," she said.

Many Nigerians have been lamenting hardship following the removal of fuel subsidy and the devaluation of the naira after it was floated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The economic policies of the administration have pushed up the prices of goods drastically and rate of inflation.