Some residents of Akure, the Ondo state capital, have looted a truck conveying food items.
It was gathered that the truck developed a mechanical fault at the popular cultural centre junction, along Ondo-Akure expressway, on Monday.
The mechanical fault enabled the residents to overpower the driver and loot the truck.
It was observed that the food bags in the truck were branded in the name of President Bola Tinubu.
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Those who looted the truck were petty traders, artisans, drivers and commercial motorcyclists.
The latest incident adds to the worrisome list of recent looting of food items in trucks and warehouses amid the current economic hardship in the country.
