From Ahmad Muhammad , Bauchi
The Standard Organizations of Nigeria SON has arrested a middled aged man producing and selling adulterated fertilizer to farmers in Chinade distrixt if Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State
SON officials in Bauchi state confisicated over 150 bags of counterfeit fertilizer from the suspect.
Parading the suspect to the journalists today in Bauchi, the SON North East, Zonal Coordinator, Alh Adamu Abba said the suspect was arrested at Chinade by the operation team
Abba said the suspect was apprehended when he was producing counterfeit Golden Fertilizer using four different combination of fertilizers of Mai Rago, Freedom, Boko and Indoorama and rebagging it on Golden bags to sale it as original.Golden fertilizer to farmers
He said that the Organizations has confiscated over 150 bags of counterfeit fertilizer from the producer shop.
The head of operations team, Murtala Sa’ad said they acted aftet they received an intelligent report, they quickly mobilized his team to the site, and we’re lucky to meet the suspect in action
He said “ During the operations we’re able to confisicated over one hundred and fifty bags of counterfeit Golden fertilizer already made at the site and we closed down the place and got him arrested without any resistance from both the producer and the community”.
