Gov wants prosecution of culprits of IDPs' food diversion
Gov Shettima is very bitter about the diversion of food meant for IDPs and has vowed to ensure anyone found wanting was prosecuted.
Gov Kashim Shettima
Recommended articles
![Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo. [The Cable]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo. [The Cable]")
Shettima gave the directive in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri.
The directive followed report that hundreds of IDPs apprehended some officials of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday morning for alleged theft of food meant for their upkeep.
“Four officials were said to have been arrested by the police after IDPs held them.’’
ADVERTISEMENT
Gusau said Shettima was very bitter about the development and has vowed to ensure anyone found wanting amongst those arrested was prosecuted.
“Governor Shettima approved funds for the foodstuff at the IDP camp and he is deeply pained by this development”, he said.
He added that the governor regarded diversion of food meant for IDP’S as a crime against humanity which must not go unpunished.
He pointed out that the food in question was part of those bought by the Borno State Government for feeding of IDPs in December.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Cardiologist bags 4-year jail term over patient deaths
We must continue to support President Tinubu - Ododo tells Kogi residents
Tinubu appoints Zenith Bank founder Jim Ovia to chair student loan fund
Husband begs IGP to find his wife who went missing on official police duty
Ghanaian student sets world record for hugging over 1,000 trees in 1 hour
Lecturers need to undergo drug test to sanitise university system - Former VC
APC chieftains challenge EFCC to follow due process in Yahaya Bello's case
3 dead, 2 injured in 3-storey building collapse in Kano - NEMA confirms
Lagos NCS visits family of stampede victim, promises nonstop financial support
ADVERTISEMENT
