Soldiers opened fire, on Thursday, when suspected hoodlums hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuff in the Suleja Area of Niger State.

Alhassan Abdullahi, a witness, told our correspondent that many trailers coming from Abuja and heading for Kaduna were blocked by the hoodlums who burnt tyres on the road.

He said many bags of assorted food stuffs, especially rice, were stolen before soldiers arrived the scene.

“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.

The development comes amid the nationwide hardship that has triggered protests in different parts of the country.

dangermouse:
Has it come to this? This is nothing short of anarchy.

The Tinubu led federal government should as a matter of urgency, read the handwriting on the wall and be more proactive in their solutions to curb hunger and starvation bedevilling Nigeria.

Mass hunger and starvation is a recipe for disaster in any Nation.

I pray it won't get to a chaotic level where outmost anarchy is ushered in .

Goodvibes007:
Nigerians always hijacking everything even before subsidy removal..After an onion truck was hijacked back in 2021, that was when I know nothing is safe from being hijacked.

press9jatv:
Hunger is much predominantly established in the Nigeria soil. It will take years and years for it to be eradicated. Infact Tinubu 4 years abi 8 years will never solve it. Too much hunger in the land

Melagros:

Sure! Nigerians will kick tinubu out after this four years

Contriman:
South Red mud is hungry

ScamHunter:


E bin pawa. Have you eaten since yesterday?

Depriest2020:
I've put call across to Suleja to verify this info, they're surprised to here it from me, so OP where in Suleja did this happen. Don't spread false News.