Police arrest five suspects over alleged diversion of UNWFP consignment

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) attached to the Eastern Port Police Command have arrested five suspects in connection with the alleged diversion of bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi’

According to the statement, the Operatives also recovered about 1,238 bags of wheat from the suspects along with a truck and a bus used for the criminal act

The statement explained that 1,840 bags of wheat which were to be transported from Ibeto Port Terminal, Port-Harcourt, to an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp located in Kano State were fraudulently diverted by the drivers tasked with this assignment, alongside their accomplices, who were intercepted and apprehended by the operatives

According to the statement, the suspects are Umar Hashim, Edidiong Umoh, Udah Stanley, Abubakar Jariri and Yunusa Babangida.

It further explained that the recovered bags of wheat have been returned to the World Food Programme while efforts were in top gear to recover the missing 602 bags of wheat and arrest the other suspects associated with the crime.

It added that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Dr Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has re-emphasized 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 were ardently dealt with in line with extant laws. and his ordered that the suspects be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations and tying of all loose ends.