EBOMAF-BURKINA FASO: looting and looting more than CFAF 2 billion at Kossodo base

EBOMAF did not escape the acts of vandalism perpetrated during the popular insurgency on Thursday 30 October in Burkina Faso. The Kossodo base, at the north-east exit of Ouagadougou, was the scene of looting and ransacking estimated at over CFAF 2 billion.

EBOMAF-BURKINA FASO has suffered enormous damage during the recent political turmoil in the country of integrity men. Its facilities in the capital are unrecognizable. There is nothing left on the Kossodo site on RN 4 (Ougadougou-Kaya). A group of vandals set their sights on the equipment and equipment installed there and there in this several hectares."The cost of equipment destroyed and looted exceeds the sum of CFAF 2 billion. There was an important old stock and a new arrival that had not even been used yet. "Get the storekeeper.

Although no consumer products (rice, oil, etc.) were found there; At about 1 p.m., the demonstrators looted everything and ransacked everything on their way. With the help of carts or taxi motos, young, women and old people left their wickedness free. They carried spare parts and building materials. Tires, paint jars, refrigerators, computers, ... were also not spared. All the contents of containers, warehouses and shops were literally looted.

What could not be, like marble tiles, four-wheeled and two-wheeled machinery, bitumen in drums, was systematically destroyed on the spot. Some are simply burned; Others are broken. In addition to the glazed windows, the R+1 central building and the auxiliary buildings stand only on their frames. They were all emptied of their contents. The secretary's office burned down with all the documents. This anger is all the more incomprehensible since the demonstrations of 30 October of a purely political character did not concern EBOMAF closely or by far.

Only human wickedness and jealousy can explain these abhorrent acts of vandalism. The damage is considerable and weighs heavily on EBOMAF's investments in particular its new acquisitions of spare parts for all road works and construction materials for the Dédougou yards in December 11. Extending on several hectares of fully fenced land, the Kossodo base reflects its evolution and leadership in the BTP in Burkina Faso and in the West African sub-region.

Although the Group's activities have been reduced in recent years at the national level, the site remains a centre for the storage of orders for dive equipment, maintenance and repair, and technical services. It continues to house the mechanical section, part of the internal laboratory on quality. It also plays a major role in displacing spare parts and equipment between the various construction sites. The Kossodo base is therefore of paramount importance to EBOMAF. And it's this nerve center that was hit with full toy last October 30, with the sole aim of causing huge worries to the company

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