The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has declared that the warehouse looted in Abuja on Sunday did not belong to it, but sympathises with the true owners.

Residents of the area said youths broke into the warehouse located around Tasha in Gwagwa area of Abuja in the early hours of Sunday and looted bags of maize and other grains.

Some said residents of neighbouring Jiwa and Karmo communities trooped toward the site with the intention of partaking in the loot.

The NEMA Director-General, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, has also directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations, to strengthen security in and around NEMA offices and warehouses nationwide.