Troops arrest man for diverting farm machinery, input in Yobe

Troops of Forward Operations Base in Yobe have arrested a 43-year-old man for having 19 seed-planting machines.

The planters were among the items the state government recently distributed to farmers for free under its Agriculture Empowerment Programme.

This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni on Security Matters, retired Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam, in Damaturu on Tuesday.

He said the man was arrested at about 12: 10 am on Tuesday with the equipment concealed in a bus on the Potiskum to Gombe Road.