A Supervisory Councillor for Agriculture in Mafa Local Government in Borno and four others have been arrested over alleged diversion of 300 bags of rice for Internally Displayed Persons.
The spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Thursday said that the rice was donated to the IDPs by Danish Refugee Council, an NGO.
According to the EFCC spokesman, the arrest was triggered by intelligence report.
Uwujaren said some of the suspects had confessed that the rice was sold to two traders in the area at the rate of N8, 500 per bag.
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