LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kano State have detained 19 people in connection with the alleged attack on a truck carrying 50kg bags of rice along Zaria Road.
Ibrahim Abdullahi, the command’s public relations officer, revealed this in a statement on 27 Feb Stating that the incident occurred the previous day at about 11.30am.
āA truck with plate number UGG 532 XA Kano, loaded with hundreds of bags of rice from Alhamsad Rice Mill, Sharada, Kano heading to Zaria, Kaduna State, has been attacked by hoodlums carting away substantial 50kg bags of rice loaded on the trailer,ā the statement read.
He added that while the incident was going on along Kano-Zaria Road, good Samaritans informed operatives of the NSCDC Kano command who swiftly mobilized personnel to the scene.
According to Abdullahi, 19 people were detained and 29 bags of rice were recovered from them.
The suspects are currently in the hands of the corps while the truck driver and his aides were unharmed upon rescue.
Abdullahi noted that charges will be filed against the suspects as soon as the investigation is complete.