The Nigerian Customs Services (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone’B’ Comptroller Albashir Hamisus, has lamented how villagers at border towns serve as informants to smugglers in the country. According to him, most of the villagers inform the smugglers about customs patrol team movement along the border making it difficult for personnel to discharge their job […]
Oyo traders protest seizure of rice worth millions of naira
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Bodija traders protest seizure of rice worth millions of naira
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Published 2 April 2021
Traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan, on Thursday, protested the seizure of bags of rice worth millions of Naira by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS.
Hundreds of traders took to the streets of Ibadan to protest against what they called invasion of their shops by men of the Custom service who they alleged broke into shops at midnight to seize the bags of rice.
The rice traders; both men and women, who were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions, called on the customs authority to return all the rice and money carted away from their shops.