About fifty-three persons have been arrested by security operatives in connection with the looting of properties at the orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps in the Kubwa area of Abuja.

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu assured that those who looted the NYSC camp, stealing kits and other items would be punished accordingly.

He stated these in an interview with journalists after an on-the-spot assessment of the NYSC camp in conjunction with the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Ibrahim Shuaibu.

According to him, some of the looters have voluntarily returned some of the items that were stolen.