Five persons arrested for diverting IDP supply
Five persons have been arrested by the police for diverting 1,840 bags of wheat, meant to be delivered to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Kano.
They are Umar Hashim, Edidiong Umoh, Udah Stanley, Abubakar Jariri and Yunusa Babangida.
The supply belongs to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), the police said.
Out of the stolen bags of wheat, the police said they recovered “about 1,238.”
The suspects had lifted the bags of wheat from Ibeto Port Terminal, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, but failed to deliver them to their destination.
“The recovered bags of wheat have been returned to the World Food Programme, and efforts are in top gear to recover the missing 602 bags of wheat and arrest the other suspects associated with the crime,” the police said in a statement.
Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Inspector General of Police, said that “the goal of the Nigeria Police to ensure that individuals engaged in activities aimed at sabotaging the economy of the country and entrenching hardships among the vulnerable members of the public are ardently dealt with in line with extant laws.”
“He has therefore ordered that the suspects be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.”
