An Investigative Journalists, Fisayo Soyombo, has alleged that men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are helping smugglers sneak loads of bags of rice into Nigeria from Benin Republic.
Soyombo, who disclosed this via his X account a few minutes ago noted that Some bags had already been unloaded at the ultra modern market built by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola YAYI in Lusada.
He wrote: “Good morning, @customsNG.
“As I write this, your men are currently helping smugglers sneak loads of bags of rice into Nigeria from Benin Republic.
“I am yet to establish if this movement is a constituent of the over 6,500,000kg of rice originally billed to be smuggled in with over 2,000 cars, but the smugglers, enabled by your officers, are currently passing through Alapoti to Ketu Adie Owe to Lusada in Ado Odo/Ota LGA of Ogun State.
“Some bags have already been unloaded at the ultra modern market built by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola YAYI in Lusada, while the rest are en route to Lagos via Totowu River in a village at Igbesa. That way, the smugglers will burst out at Igando.
“Today is Lusada market day, so everyone involved, including your fieldmen and the ones with big titles sat back in their offices who have since been ‘settled’, will be laughing all the way to the bank at the expense of the local economy.
“Tomorrow, these same men will announce the phantom seizure of smugglers’ rice; don’t think we don’t know that these are smugglers who didn’t bribe your officers, or that many of the seized bags will end up in markets all the same!
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