Pictures: For Rejecting 500K Bribe, Officer Who Seized 50 Million Worth Of Alcohol Rewarded With 1 Million In Kano

 

Two trucks conveying 2000 crates of alcoholic drinks worth over N50Million have been intercepted and confiscated by the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA).

 KAROTA’s PRO,, Nabilusi Abubakar, while disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, July 28, 2022, said that the Managing Director of the agency, Hon. Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, who confirmed the arrest, rewarded the officer who intercepted the trucks with N1 million after refusing an N500,000 bribe to release the confiscated goods.

 Abubakar said the state government had banned the importation and consumption of alcohol in the entire state as such the Agency and its sister Council, Kano State Consumer Protection Council under his leadership will not spare anyone caught in the act of supplying such drinks into the state.

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He praised the rewarded officer for his patriotism while charging others to emulate him and always consider the safety of lives and properties and the well-being of the state first before anything else.

Halilu Kawo Jalo, the officer who apprehended the banned drinks on his part, said the trucks were intercepted through the use of informers who tip them off about the consignment.

 "We intercepted the trucks on Obasanjo Road heading to Sabon Gari Area of the State. They offered me a bribe but I refused to take it because I know the damages alcohol causes to lives. It is unislamic to consume alcohol and also against the teaching of Islam to take bribe, these made me to do the right thing," Jalo said.

He further called on the general public to always support his agency for the security and safety of the state.