Nine people have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command in connection with diverting and rebaging grains meant for distribution to the various IDPs camps in the state.
The PPRO, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar who confirmed the arrest also disclosed that 50Kg of 600 bags of millet were equally recovered from the suspects who are currently being interrogated to determine the levels of their involvement in the criminal act.
Kamal Abubakar assured that as soon as all investigations were completed all those found culpable will be prosecuted according to the laws of the land describing the act as nothing but an act of sabotage.
Investigations by Tribune online revealed that the grains were discovered in a storehouse somewhere in Tirwun village been rebaged in order to be resold to unsuspecting members of the public.
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It was further gathered that the grains were meant for all the IDPs camps in the state but were diverted to private use.
A source told our correspondent that the grains were supposed to be relief material to the IDPs that are currently camped in Bauchi state but were allegedly sold to commercial marketers and was caught by the Village Head of Tirwum in Bauchi LGA.
All efforts to get reactions of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Bauchi proved abortive as no official was ready to comment on the development.
When contacted on the development, the spokesperson for the Village Head of Tirwun where the storehouse is located, he declined comments saying that the matter is with the State Police Command.
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