Kwara probes seizure of 704 bags of rice

Date: 2019-09-04

Kwara State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Commerce, Industry, Cooperative and Social Development to investigate the alleged seizure of 704 bags of rice from the warehouse of Mount Olive Nigeria limited in Ilorin by the Nigeria Customs Service on Sunday.

The Assembly gave the directive in a resolution reached at its plenary on Tuesday.

The directive was sequel to a petition titled, 'Illegal seizure of 704 bags of rice by the Nigeria Customs in Baboko Market Warehouse on 30th August, 2019' presented by a member representing Ilorin North West Constituency, Hon AbdulGafar Ayinla, on the floor of the House.

In the petition dated August 30, 2019, the Chairman of Mount Olive, Mr Ademola Adebola, insisted that the 704 bags of 50 kg rice valued at N9,996,000 and removed from the company's warehouse at Oja-tuntun market, Baboko, Ilorin in the midnight of Sunday last week were produced locally, adding that he had documents to back the purchase of the rice given to him by the producers of the agricultural produce.

Describing the raid as illegal, Adebola said, "The unlawful raid of the warehouse, arrest, detention and seizure of rice by the Customs special task force at about 2am was carried out in a commando style as they blasted open the gate leading into the depot to gain access.

"I have all the documents including the invoice and the receipts with which I purchased the rice from Nasarawa and other rice producers in Nigeria and in the last four years, I have been supporting the cause of Nigeria rice to grow the economy but unfortunately men of the Nigeria Customs have been threatening this business.

"Ask any producer of rice in Nigeria, Mount Olive Nigeria Ltd have been supporting them because I am the distributor of Nigerian rice in the whole South West and Nigeria customs just came to frustrate me. I have 480 members of staff under me. I don't know what they want from me. I pay my tax regularly. If they are saying I'm not doing my business in the orderly way, what is the orderly way they want me to follow?"

Adebola said he would never engage in the shady deal of re-packaging grains as alleged against him and called for investigation into the matter to clear his name and those of over 500 workers in his employment.

"This is my father's land and as a trained pharmacist, I had to retire from civil service job to become an investor some years back. I want a thorough investigation into the matter because a similar one was done against me in Ibadan, Oyo State capital where I lost over N200m some years ago."

The Speaker of the Assembly, Yakubu Danladi, while reading the resolution of the Assembly urged the committee to investigate the petition and report to the House in two weeks.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Yetunde Balogun     Oniwa     Halimat Yusuf     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Toyosi Thomas     Dumagi     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Young Progressives Party     Kwara Polytechnic     Just Event Online     Ibrahim Orire     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Funmilayo Mohammed     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Senate     Teachers Specific Allowance     Orisa Bridge     Bilikisu Gambari     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Ayinde Oyepitan     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Ilota     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Saliu Ajia     Face Masks     Khairat Gwadabe     Suleiman Abubakar     Lola Olabayo     Mohammed Haruna     Lithium     Jani Ibrahim     Radio Kwara     Mamatu Abdullahi     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Muazam Nayaya     Salman Jawondo     David Adesina     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Tuesday Assayomo     Okin Biscuits     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Women Radio     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Binta Abubakar Mora     PPS     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Michael Nzwekwe     Nigerian Correctional Service     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     TVC Female National Debate     Labour Party     Onikijipa     Muhammed Aliyu     Aso Ofi     Mustapha Olanipekun     Kwara State Sports Commission     Ishaq Oloyede     Rashidi Yekini     Alikinla     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Taofik Mustapha     Saad Omo\'ya     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Yahya Mohammed     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     QuickWin     Bayo Ajia     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     John Dara     Bolakale Ayo     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gambari     Abdulhakeem Amao     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Gobir     Fareedah Dankaka     Kabir Shagaya     Ile Arugbo     Kale Belgore     Abubakar Baba     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Mike Omotosho     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Tosin Saraki     Belgore     National Broadcasting Commission     Idris Garba     Saka Adeyemo     Asa     Moji Makanjuola     Lateef Alagbonsi     Funmilayo Zubair     Joseph Daudu     Kwara United     Oya State     Albert Ogunsola     Ajayi Okasanmi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     IHS Towers     Ohoro Of Shao     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Dan Iya     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Budo Egba     Just Event Online     Onilu     Sidikat Alaya     Sabitiyu Grillo     AbdulRauf Keji     Dasuki Belgore     Ilorin International Airport     Offa Descendants Union     Busari Alabi Alausa     Magaji Erubu     Olateju Lukman     Transition Implementation Committee     Aminu Adisa Logun     Saliu Oluwole     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Kamoru Kadiri     Saka Isau     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Orire     Elekoyangan     Ahman Pategi     Cassava Growers\' Association     Amos Justus Sayo     Alaiye     NULGE     Gbenga Adebayo     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Federal Allocation     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Abiodun Oyedepo     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Bello Abubakar     International Vocational Centre     Abdulkadir Orire     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Ejidongari     Bisi Oyeleke