43 Hoodlums Arrested for the Looting & the Attack on the NYSC camp in Abuja

The National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) has announced they have arrested 43 hoodlums who invaded its Abuja camp and have also recovered some of the stolen items.

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There were reports earlier some hoodlums has stormed the NYSC Orientation Camp located in Kubwa, Bwari Local Government Area Council, to loot food, kits and other camp items they believed were kept in the stores.

The NYSC Brigadier General, Shuaibu Ibrahim addressing the media stated;

They came in at 7 a.m. and burgled the store where the FCT administration kept palliatives for COVID-19 victims, but found the store empty as everything was distributed since July.
We told them that we do not have anything left. But when that first group left, another group came and burgled other stores in camp where our NYSC kits are kept.

They took the NYSC kits comprising hats, caps and boots. They also took plastic chairs, mattresses, freezers and drums used to barricade the gate.
The hoodlums proceeded to the NYSC coordinator’s residence, broke the wall, removed television sets, air conditioners, freezers, among other items”

He then confirmed some of the stolen items were recovered from the communities around the camp and appealed to the public to respect the NYSC camps.