The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 44 suspects involved in the activities of stealing food and non-food items in government warehouses.
SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Yola.
The incident happened in the state capital when the hoodlums vandalised the storage facilities at about 11:am on Sunday and stole the items.
The items included maize, rice, beans, corn, generators, wrappers, mattresses and plastic buckets.
Nguroje said that security personnel had been deployed to enforce the curfew declared by the state government and secure public and private infrastructure as well as markets.
He called on the public to be law-abiding and assured that security operatives would recover some of the items and arrest those involved. (NAN)