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Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Chairman of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Gummi Council Chapter, Ibrahim Rijiya, Council Storekeeper, Aminu Musa and Abdullahi Bashir for allegedly diverting three trailer loads of 1,800 bags of fertilizer and a truck-load of herbicide belonging to rice farmers in Gummi.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja Orilade said, Rijiya, who is also District Head of Rijiya Gummi in Gummi Council of Zamfara State, also allegedly diverted three trailers loaded with fertilizer and other supplies for local farmers and later sold each bag for N3,000.
Meanwhile, Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that it would assist the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to recover about N5 trillion being owed it by businessmen and companies in the country.
“We are ready to assist AMCON in terms of enforcement in order to recover these loans, because they are affecting the country’s economy and hindering it from flourishing,” he said.
Magu made the declaration while receiving a delegation of AMCON, led by its Chairman, Muiz Banire (SAN) and its Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, who visited EFCC’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Responding, Banire disclosed that the total loan owed AMCON stood in excess of N5 trillion.
“These monies belong to all Nigerians, if N5 trillion is injected into the nation’s economy, infrastructure, hospitals, education and our roads will change and definitely everything will change positively,” he added.
