OPS condemns looting of food trucks by hoodlums, warns of shutdown

The Organized Private Sector has expressed concerns about the spate of looting of trucks conveying food and raw materials by suspected hoodlums, warning that it can lead to a shutdown of industries across the country. Members of the OPS gave the warning on Monday just as miscreants attacked trucks conveying building materials and spaghetti in Ogun and Kaduna states. Several trucks and warehouses, mostly owned by manufacturers and other members of the OPS, have come under attacks from hoodlums as the food inflation and the cost of living crisis worsened across the country. Last week, some youths stole food items from trucks stuck in traffic along the Kaduna Road in the Suleja area of Niger State. On Sunday, hoodlums attacked a warehouse belonging to the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration located in the Dei-Dei area of the capital city where they looted rice, grains, and other relief items. An attempt by another group to loot a private warehouse in the Idu Industrial Estate, Jabi, Abuja, was rebuffed by soldiers guarding the facility.