Standards Organisation of Nigeria, in Bauchi State, says its operation team has arrested a suspected producer of fake Nitrogen
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, in Bauchi State, says its operation team has arrested a suspected producer of fake Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium fertilizer at Chinade town in Katagum Local Government Area of the State.
It added that no fewer than 150 bags of counterfeit fertilizer were also recovered from the suspect at his shop located at Chinade market during its market day.
The SON North East Zonal Coordinator, Adamu Abba, who paraded the suspect before newsmen in the state on Saturday, said the suspect was caught producing the counterfeit Golden Fertilizer using four different combination sacks of fertilizer products of Mai Rago, Freedom, Boko and Indoorama.
The head of SON operations team, Murtala Sa’ad, said upon the receipt of an intelligence report, he quickly mobilised his team to the site, and they were lucky to arrest the suspect at the location.
Sa’ad said the suspect would be charged to court for violation of Section 26 in relation to the standards of the SON amended Act of 2015 after investigations are concluded.
