A warehouse in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, was broken into on Friday, and products worth millions of naira were taken, including many sacks of maize and locally processed rice.
The warehouse, which was close to 6Army Brigade, was attacked by youths in huge numbers at night.
A former state assemblyman and the outgoing head of the Sardauna local government region owns the facility.
The Army and police were informed when the kids began to congregate at around 11.50 p.m., according to a guard at the warehouse who wished to remain anonymous.
He said before the arrival of the security agents, the youths had already broken into the warehouse.
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The guard added that upon their arrival, the security agents fired shots to disperse the looters and in the process two were shot.
Items carted away include hundreds bags of Maize and locally processed rice as well as agricultural inputs, including Fertiliser and pesticide.
Similarly, other stores within the area was looted by the youths.
The same warehouse was attacked during the EndSARS riot of 2020 and items worth millions of naira were carted away.
Contacted on the latest incident, Police Public Relations Officer of Taraba command, SP Usman Abdullahi, said he was trying to get details of the incident and when that was done he will give an up date.
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