Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has asked for the immediate prosecution of those arrested for diversion of bags of rice meant for internally displaced persons in the state.
The directive was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the governor, Mallam Isa Gusau.
In the statement, the governor said the commissioner of police in the state should expedite action on the prosecution of some officials allegedly involved in the diversion of 50 bags of rice meant for internally displaced persons.
He said anyone found guilty should be sentenced to jail by the law court.
The alleged stolen food items, the press statement, noted were bought by the Borno State Government for the feeding of IDPs in the month of December.
The press statement claimed that the Borno State Government and the World Food Programme are responsible for the feeding IDPs since the beginning of December, 2016, pending supplies from NEMA.
“The Governor has told the Commissioner of Police not to entertain any plea from any quarter at all. The Governor would like the court sentence, if secured at the court, to serve as warning to whoever might be engaged in shortchanging citizens who live in trauma having lost their loved ones, means of livelihood and their homes as a result of violent attacks by insurgents.”
The directive was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the governor, Mallam Isa Gusau.
In the statement, the governor said the commissioner of police in the state should expedite action on the prosecution of some officials allegedly involved in the diversion of 50 bags of rice meant for internally displaced persons.
He said anyone found guilty should be sentenced to jail by the law court.
The alleged stolen food items, the press statement, noted were bought by the Borno State Government for the feeding of IDPs in the month of December.
The press statement claimed that the Borno State Government and the World Food Programme are responsible for the feeding IDPs since the beginning of December, 2016, pending supplies from NEMA.
“The Governor has told the Commissioner of Police not to entertain any plea from any quarter at all. The Governor would like the court sentence, if secured at the court, to serve as warning to whoever might be engaged in shortchanging citizens who live in trauma having lost their loved ones, means of livelihood and their homes as a result of violent attacks by insurgents.”
