Hoodlums on Thursday hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuff in Suleja, Niger State forcing soldiers to shoot to disperse the crowd.
A witness, Alhassan Abdullahi, said hoodlums blocked many trailers coming from Abuja and heading for Kaduna.
He said the hoodlums set bonfires with tyres on the road.
According to Abdullahi, the hoodlums stole many bags of rice and other grains before soldiers arrived at the scene.
He said the soldiers had to fire into the air to scare the hoodlums away, adding that “But even with that, many of them went away with bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti and other food items
“We learnt commercial motorcycle riders are also planning a protest. They would have done it since yesterday but we didn’t know what stopped them,” he said.
This would be the second time a protest against the hard times would take place in the state.
On February 5, protesters in Minna stormed the streets, lamenting the hardship.
The protest spread to some states in the country.