How Protesting Shiites Burnt Two NEMA Ambulances

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday accused members of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria, of burning down two ambulances at the Agency’s Emergency Response and Ambulance Bays (ERABs) in Abuja.

The Head of Media and Public Relations of NEMA, Sani Datti, in a statement  said; “This is to confirm that ERABs of the NEMA located on Ahmadu Bello Way beside the federal secretariat was attacked today with two vehicles burnt down.

”The attack was carried out by members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria commonly known as Shiites.” he said.

He said that the affected vehicles were the Mobile Intensive Care Unit, which was a life support ambulance, and a multi-purpose Response Intervention Van.

The statement said further that the ERABs were situated at the location for timely response to emergencies and disasters to reduce the loss of lives and property.

According to Datti,  the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja, had while inspecting the damage, noted that the burnt equipment were very expensive and would cost taxpayers a lot of money to replace.