The commander of 3 Brigade Kano, Brigadier General M.A. Sadiq, has been detained in a military police guardroom in Abuja over alleged diversion of rice palliatives, selling of military equipment, including generator sets and operational vehicles, to scrap yards.
Sources who spoke to DAILY NIGERIAN on the condition of anonymity said the Nigerian Defence Headquarters gave the rice to the brigades nationwide for distribution to soldiers as a palliative.
DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that the Defence Headquarters had distributed the rice on at least three occasions to Nigerian soldiers, according to nominal roll.
The embattled general, according to sources, however shared only 5kg bags once to the soldiers and sold the remaining batches.
Apart from the rice scandal, DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that the embattled general carted away equipment, including a MIKANO heavy-duty generator, at Military Training Camp, Falgore, Kano and sold them to metal scrap dealers.
This newspaper confirmed
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