DSS NABS OFFICIALS DIVERTING FG’S PALLIATIVES
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In order to mitigate the consequences of the loss of fuel subsidies, employees of the State Emergency Management Agency were caught on Tuesday by Department of State Services (DSS) agents.
Officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) and their cronies were among the suspects detained in a well-known market in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, where the commodities were being resold.
When the news broke to the media in Abuja, secret police spokesman Peter Afunanya said that some of the diverted items were found on the accused.
Afunanya warned that those responsible would face legal repercussions and urged members of the public who may have knowledge about the new trend to contact the appropriate security services.
“The Department of State Services (DSS) has received reports from some State Governments relating to diversion or sale of palliatives meant for their citizens.
“Consequently, the Service undertook investigations in that regard and has recovered some of the items as well as apprehended the suspects,” the DSS spokesman noted.
While their operation was still going on in other states, he pointed out, the service had already detained a suspected criminal organisation in Nasarawa State that was in charge of stealing and selling medications intended for the area’s most vulnerable residents.
According to a national daily, the federal government recently distributed hundreds of sacks of rice, an essential meal, across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to mitigate the consequences of the loss of fuel subsidies, especially for the most needy inhabitants.
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