Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has instructed security agencies to commence house to house search to recover looted properties from hoodlums who ransacked some government and private buildings under the guise of searching COVID-19 palliative.
Fintiri who stated this in a state wide broadcast on Tuesday said he will sign an Executive Order for a house-to-house search to commence to commence by 7a.m on Wednesday, and condemned in strong terms the vandalism and looting, gave the looters 12 hours to returned the looted items to the nearest police station or traditional rulers.
According to him, part of the provision of the executive order is a sanction that will attract withdrawal of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and if necessary demolition of every house that harbors any of the stolen properties.
“I received the report of the attacks on the Customs Office, Road Safety Office, Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NEMA office, Covid-19 Isolation Centre Kofare, North East Commodity Association NECAS Kofare, public and private warehouses among others.
“The loss is materially colossal but more enormous is the loss of moral values driven by greedy criminal, the outright demonstration of brigandage as barbaric, criminal and a recipe for anarchy,
“As a responsible government, no administration will fold their hands while criminals are trying to take over the society; government is working round the clock to ensure that peace is returned to the society”. He added
He added that relative peace is returning as no new attack has been reported in the last 24 hours, saying about 155 suspects are in police custody, nine vehicles and twelve tricycles loaded with the loot have also been impounded.
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