About 19 suspects who allegedly looted a rice truck in Kano on Sunday have been apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
According to DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, the suspects attacked the truck on the Kano-Zaria road.
According to him, the truck is registered UGG 532 XA and is loaded with hundreds of 50kg bags of rice from Alhamsad Rice Mill in Sharada, Kano.
He added that the hoodlums attacked the truck and looted the rice bags, emphasizing that the truck was on its way to Zaria in Kaduna State.
According to DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, “On receiving the report, operatives of the NSCDC swiftly mobilised personnel to the scene, arrested the suspects and 29 bags of rice were recovered from them.”
He said that the driver of the truck and his assistants were rescued unhurt, assuring that the suspects would be charged to court after conclusion of investigation.
