Metro/Crime
Hungry Nigerian Youths Hijack Trailers Loaded With Foodstuffs
Information reaching the OsunReporters News confirmed that some Nigerian Soldiers have opened fire when suspected hungry Nigerians hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuff in the Suleja Area of Niger State on Thursday.
According to reports by an eyewitness, Alhassan Abdullahi, many trailers coming from Abuja and heading for Kaduna were blocked by the hoodlums who burnt tyres on the road, adding that many bags of foodstuffs, especially rice, were stolen before soldiers arrived the scene.
He said: “It took intervention of soldiers who arrived the scene and started firing gun shots in the air to scare the hoodlums away. But even with that, many of them went away with bags of rice and cartons of spaghetti and other food items.”
___“We learnt commercial motorcycle riders are also planning a protest. They would have done it since yesterday but we didn’t know what stopped them,” he said.
However, the development comes amid the nationwide hardship that has triggered protests in different parts of the country.
,,,,,,,Chief of Defence Staff Speaks On Military Coup Against Tinubu Amid economic hardship across Nigeria.
At the time of filing this report, the number of damages to the truck can not be ascertained.
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