A truck carrying food items that included oil and sugar, intended for ‘Iftar’, the Muslims’ breaking of fast period, meant for distribution in the northern part of the country, was hijacked in Gombe State, Arewa PUNCH confirms.

According to DSP Buhari Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Gombe Police Command, the hijacking occurred because people had seen the initial offloading of the items and began to panic, wondering where the remaining items were going.

He disclosed further to Arewa PUNCH on Monday via a telephone interview that the truck, which was conveying the items donated by Seyi Tinubu was attacked after the driver had already offloaded about 90 per cent of the items at the All Progressives Congress secretariat.

Abdullahi said, “The truck was carrying Seyi Tinubu’s foodstuffs moving around northern Nigeria for Iftar, breakfast. There were packs of oil and sugar packages in several cartons there. Unfortunately, there wasn’t involvement of security until when the issue escalated, and we observed that something was happening.”

The cop said that the police responded to the situation and invited the truck driver for questioning after confirming that the items were meant for distribution in Gombe State.

He added, “We invited the truck driver, and he explained the nature of the items he was conveying. He confirmed that it was meant for Gombe State, and he had offloaded about 90 per cent of the items at the All Progressives Congress secretariat, the remaining items, he claimed he was taking it somewhere before the hijack.

“Unfortunately, the lack of security personnel on the ground until the situation escalated allowed the hijacking to occur.”

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