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Traders at the UTC market, Area 10, Garki, Abuja and residents of the area are currently in panic mode as security operatives battled hoodlums attempting to loot a warehouse in the vicinity.
Policemen and other security personnel are firing gunshots and tear gas to deter hoodlums who stormed a warehouse with COVID-19 palliatives early Saturday morning.
The warehouse is located in the precinct of the Cyprian Ekwensi building and the UTC market.
According to eyewitness account, the UTC market and the big shopping plaza in the area had been shut down.
“We are presently locked inside the UTC market. The police are firing gunshots and tear gas to stave off the attack by the hoodlums who were trying to loot the COVID-19 palliatives kept in a warehouse here.
“Many people were injured while trying to escape attack by the hoodlums and the whole area is in turmoil, ” the eyewitness said.
The Federal Capital Territory police spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, confirmed that the police were deployed at the UTC market and other public infrastructure to prevent suspected hoodlums from looting.