The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said that about 53 persons have been arrested by security operatives in connection with the looting of properties at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Kubwa area of Abuja

He also assured that those who looted the NYSC camp, stealing kits and other items would be punished accordingly.

Adamu made this known in an interview with journalists after an on-the-spot assessment of the NYSC camp in conjunction with the NYSC Director-General, Brig. General Ibrahim Shuaibu, on Friday.

According to him, some of the looters have voluntarily returned some of the items that were stolen by youths looking for COVID-19 palliatives.