Operatives from the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, or NSCDC, have detained about 19 individuals who are accused of robbing a rice truck on Sunday in Kano.
In a statement, the Command’s public relations officer, DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, said that the suspects attacked the truck on the Kano-Zaria highway.
He claims that the truck, whose cargo includes a large quantity of 50kg bags of rice from the Alhamsad Rice Factory in Sharada, Kano, has the registration number UGG 532 XA.
He added that the hoodlums attacked the truck and looted the bags of rice, stressing that the truck was heading to Zaria in Kaduna State.
DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi stated, “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.
