The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Company on Tuesday sealed a warehouse stocked with rice price over N1bn, allegedly diverted from palliative provides meant for public distribution.
The warehouse positioned alongside Ring Highway within the Nasarawa Native Authorities Space of the state was sealed throughout an operation led by the company’s Government Chairman, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado.
The seized baggage of rice, bearing President Bola Tinubu’s picture and the inscription “Ramadan Kareem”, have been purportedly supposed for distribution throughout final 12 months’s Ramadan quick.
Nonetheless, the company uncovered that the gadgets have been being re-bagged below completely different manufacturers on the market in Kano markets.
Rimin-Gado, chatting with journalists on the scene, described the act as a blatant show of corruption and vowed to carry the perpetrators to justice.
“It is a clear type of corruption as a result of these are commodities meant for the general public. Contemplating the hardship individuals are dealing with at this time, it’s appalling that somebody would have the audacity to re-bag and promote them,” he mentioned.
The anti-corruption chief revealed that the company recovered a re-bagging machine used for repackaging the rice and had arrested one suspect in reference to the diversion.
“We’re right here armed with a search warrant, arrest warrant, and court docket order. That is a part of our investigative actions to recuperate stolen public assets,” Rimin-Gado said.
He assured the general public {that a} complete investigation could be carried out to establish all people concerned within the criminality and guarantee justice is served.
“Our dedication is to uncover everybody behind this act and stop a recurrence. For now, one suspect is in custody, and we’ll guarantee all authorized procedures are adopted in coping with this case,” he added.