Miscreants on Thursday took the advantage of the ongoing nationwide hunger protest to burn down a Toyota Hilux belonging to the Anti-vandal Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Katsina State.
It was gathered that the mob singing against bad governance, hunger and hardship attacked the NSCDC team.
The squad had earlier been involved in an accident with a police armoured truck and were making an attempt to repair the punctured tyres when the vehicle was set ablaze.
The NSCDC officers, who were reportedly civil in performing their duties, fled the scene for their own safety and left behind their burning Hilux vehicle.
It was gathered that three NSCDC officers were injured when the police armoured vehicle missed its way and collided with NSCDC’s parked vehicle.
The vehicle was set ablaze when hoodlums arrived where it was parked, after attempting to attack the officers who were trying to fix the damaged tyres but could not move the vehicle to safety.
NSCDC’s spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi while confirming the incident, said that the officers who were injured in the accident were currently receiving treatment.
He added that the refusal of his men to open fire on the hoodlums was borne out of their display of civility and professionalism.
“Our men understood that if they had reacted, it would have escalated to further destruction of critical national assets,” Afolabi said.
