Youths loot private warehouse, cart away items worth millions in Taraba

Items worth millions of naira including bags of maize and locally processed rice have allegedly been stolen by youths in Jalingo, Taraba State.

The youths, reportedly in large numbers, midnight, Friday, invaded a warehouse, not far from the 6 Army Brigade and looted it.

A source claimed the warehouse belongs to Dr Jugulde, a former member of the state House of Assembly and immediate past chairman of Sardauna Local Government Area of the state.

The source narrated that when the youths started gathering at the warehouse at about 11.50pm, the Nigerian Army and police were alerted, saying that before the arrival of the security agents, the youths had already broken into the warehouse and started looting.

He explained, “The security agents fired shots into the air to disperse the looters when they arrived at the scene.”

Hundreds of bags of maize and locally processed rice as well as agricultural inputs including fertiliser and pesticide, according to the source were carted away from the warehouse.

It was learnt two persons died in the process.

He further stated that the same warehouse was looted during the EndSARS protest in 2020 with items worth millions of naira stolen.

SP Usman Abdullahi, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba State Command, when contacted stated that he was trying to get details of the incident.

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