The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, (PCACC), said it has seized two trucks of maize suspected to be contaminated with mycotoxins at Dawanau grain market in Kano metropolis.
The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mahmoud Balarabe, stated this at a press conference yesterday, in Kano.
Balarabe said the Commission had also sealed a warehouse stocked with suspected poisonous maize at the market and arrested two persons in connection with the circulation of the harmful grain.
He said the Commission received an intelligence report on Sept.16, at about 8:00 pm, that some unknown persons supplied poisonous and expired maize to the market.
According to him, preliminary analysis showed that the expired maize is black in color, adding that each bag is about 90 percent toxic and only 10 percent non-poisonous.
He said that the maize was being supplied to a company where it would be processed for human consumption.
Balarabe said that Commission would meet with the leadership of the traders association in the market while an investigation into the case continued.
The Chairman urged the people of the state to provide credible information to the Commission and other security agencies on unwholesome products and activities to protect public health.
