The defendants, Chinedu Oluwa, 22, Emenike Orji, 25, and Patrick Agore, 29, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, to which the trio pleaded not guilty.
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The other recipients of the palliatives were the destitiute, widows and orphans and items distributed included rice, salt, tomato paste and yams.
All Farmers Association of Nigeria in Niger on Saturday urged the Federal Government to put the right structures in place before banning importation of tomato paste into the country.
The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, signed for the state government while the country representative of the Hungarian investor, Yua Terva, endorsed the agreement for Osetertrade Engineering & Manufacturing Kft of Hungary.
Duro Kuteyi, food manufacturer at Betamark Consulting, made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos, while reacting to issues of post-harvest waste of fresh tomatoes in major farms across the country