Five Suspects Who Diverted Wheat Donated by UN Arrested

Five suspects have been arrested for diverting bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), and recovery of about 1,238 bags of wheat in Port-Hacourt on the 6th of February 2024.

This was made known by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Police Force on Sunday stated that the 1,840 bags of wheat that were to be transported from Ibeto Port Terminal, Port-Harcourt, to an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp located in Kano State were fraudulently diverted by the drivers tasked with this assignment.

He revealed that the drivers who committed the crime alongside their accomplices, were intercepted and apprehended by the operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Eastern Port.

The suspects identified as Umar Hashim, Edidiong Umoh, Udah Stanley, Abubakar Jariri, and Yunusa Babangida, will be charged in court upon conclusion of investigations and tying of all loose ends.

Meanwhile, the recovered bags of wheat have been returned to the World Food Programme, and efforts are in top gear to recover the missing 602 bags of wheat and arrest the other suspects associated with the crime.