Gombe SEMA boss docked over diversion of relief materials

The Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Danlami Arabs Rukuje, has been docked for allegedly diverting materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Rukuje, alongside a storekeeper of the agency, Isa Garba, and one Mu’azu Sulaiman KT, were dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a […]

The Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Danlami Arabs Rukuje, has been docked for allegedly diverting materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Rukuje, alongside a storekeeper of the agency, Isa Garba, and one Mu’azu Sulaiman KT, were dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a three-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and theft.

The court document said the trio, between May and August 2017, conspired among themselves and diverted building materials which included 5000 bags of Portland cement and 2,081 drums of paint which were donated by the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative (PCNI) for onward distribution the IDPs.  The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty and in view of their plea.

The presiding judge, Justice Abubakar Jauro, adjourned the case to April 9, for ruling on their bail application and continuation of the trial. 

He ordered the accused persons to continue on the administrative bail granted by the EFCC.