AGS NEWS – The deepening economic hardship and hunger in Nigeria have taken a troubling turn, with reports emerging of widespread looting of warehouses and trucks carrying food commodities in major cities nationwide.

Daily Post reveals a surge in incidents of warehouse and truck looting by hoodlums over the past few days.

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Between last Sunday and Monday, residents of Idu-Karmo and Dei-Dei in the capital city, Abuja, were reported to have looted warehouses and trucks, making off with food items.

In one instance, residents of Abuja raided a warehouse owned by the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, stealing rice, grains, and other relief items.

Meanwhile, an attempt to loot a private warehouse in the Idu Industrial Estate, Jabi, Abuja, was thwarted by soldiers.

Similar incidents occurred in Dogarawa, a suburb of Zaria in Kaduna State, where residents looted cartons of spaghetti from a truck belonging to BUA Company.

Youths were reported to have stolen food items from trucks stuck in traffic along the Kaduna Road in the Suleja area of Niger State.

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Government officials have condemned the looting, with the Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud, describing it as a criminal act.