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| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Nobody: 8:29am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Saintsquare: The fact that you woke up among the living is enough reason to have a good morning. Thanks 4 reminding me |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Uclloyd28(m): 8:29am On Aug 30, 2013 |
95% of the smugglers are Yorubas...heartless people..killing patriots who risk their lives for the good of Nigerians...Why can't Yorubas look for a legit means of making money...RIP to the dead 1 Like |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by petkoffDrake(m): 8:29am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Chai!  end time things...  |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by otokx(m): 8:30am On Aug 30, 2013 |
The guy should have turned back the moment he saw thr mob gathered. When security forces kill innocent civilians, they immediately call it stray bullet or accidental discharge. What a country we live in. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by eaglechild: 8:39am On Aug 30, 2013 |
clip:No be only cross what of rosary. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by mascot87(m): 8:40am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Uclloyd28: 95% of the smugglers are Yorubas...heartless people..killing patriots who risk their lives for the good of Nigerians...Why can't Yorubas look for a legit means of making money...RIP to the deadYou no get sense. 1 Like |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by saintjoel(m): 8:41am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Sir.I am a custom licensed agent at seme border and I witnessed the fracas.50 custom officials aren't dead,how many people will be left in the command if 50 die. What actually happened was that custom officials shot a man who they claimed was a smuggler but villagers claim was an innocent bystander.After he was shot,the villagers took laws into their hands and started destroying custom vehicles,trailers etc. By the time men of the Nigerian Army arrived,there was one confirmed report of a dead high ranking custom officer and two unconfirmed reports of two other officers.Peace has since returned to seme and people are going about their normal duties. I'm in my office in seme right now as I'm typing this and two of my customer's jeeps are coming out of the border into seme and will begin the trip to PH.You don't need to be scared as long as you're coming to the border for legal business. 3 Likes |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by eaglechild: 8:41am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Opey4luv: Hmmm RIP to all those who died serving their father's land. The Labour of our past heroes shall not be in vein.Nor shall they be in artery. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by vladimiros: 8:51am On Aug 30, 2013 |
toluxa1: End time tins guy go hug heater |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by bknight: 8:52am On Aug 30, 2013 |
How nice of Nairaland so show this dead officers body! Its a good place for his wife to find out of her husband's death first Pictures shld cover a larger cross-section of d mayhem, not just & only one dead officer's body who may not died from d mayhem on d said day  #next time, insert a black rectangle to cover part of face, esp eyes 1 Like |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Kassidy90(m): 8:55am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Freewilly: Why are yorubas so violent.Who is this she - goat? wetin concern yoruba and the news nw, last time I checked seme border is filled with pple from diff countries n tribes |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by rhema00z: 8:56am On Aug 30, 2013 |
phrases or clauses like "end time things"."first to comment" na childish talk. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Nobody: 8:57am On Aug 30, 2013 |
saintjoel:thanks for the info tlest people will know the actual truth. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Uclloyd28(m): 9:06am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Kassidy90: Are Yorubas not violent? Let's say the truth for once...that u are not violent and ur Yoruba won't change the fact that Yorubas are violent and wicked in nature Mister |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by 2ndChance: 9:17am On Aug 30, 2013 |
clip:  Bribery is bad but you should please show some respect for the dead and his family. Have you worked with the deceased before? How do you know he was corrupt? You wey never take bribe before for your life, we go see how you go take ascend into heaven like Elijah.And by the way, that word is crux and not "cross" |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by AreaFada2: 9:23am On Aug 30, 2013 |
too bad |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Licensed2Kill(m): 9:26am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Uclloyd28:are you always this stupid or is this just a special occasion? |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Nobody: 9:31am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Uclloyd28:Are yorubas the people who caused mayhem in a village in Awka?. https://www.nairaland.com/1417893/cultists-attack-churches-anambra-killing |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by hikmoj(m): 9:37am On Aug 30, 2013 |
deeptesting: This is senseless, I wish the system has a way to bring the real culprits to book and jail them for 205 years without parole.chei ! If u b judge pple go suffer 4 ur hand oo |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by deeptesting(m): 9:42am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Had a bitter experience with this smugglers in 2007, government should do more to protect our borders and men of the Nigeria Customs service. Having said that there should be thorough investigation to bring the killers of both the customs officer and villagers to book....This senseless killing and reprisal killings has to stop... |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by baybiemee: 9:44am On Aug 30, 2013 |
eaglechild: U wicked no be small  1 Like |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by EveryLadY(f): 9:47am On Aug 30, 2013 |
bibigirl07: This is indeed gruesome. The deceased officer's wife is a friend and I mourn with her. Everyone knows Seme is not safe, security wise, but this so called "reprisal killing" is uncalled for. Custom officers on that route work tirelessly day and night in a bid to prevent this demonic agents and smugglers from importing all sorts into our country. Yet some NLs here are so ignorant. Do u know how many trailer-loads of contaminated rice and infected turkey this officers impound daily [/b]and burn The unsafe instrument here is cars and not edibles. Talking about weapons, was it thru seme border the Iranian container load of arms entered this country last two years? See,in as much as we agree customs are working, they are way too greedy. Why kill a man simply because of disagreement.what happened to the legal route?Dont defend Nigeria customs simply u because u knew this victim pls. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by amiskurie(m): 9:56am On Aug 30, 2013 |
dead bodies pishures? ....scores? |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by bizfirst: 9:59am On Aug 30, 2013 |
sometimes, crisis seem to be the only lasting solution. I hope this event proves such...RIP to the deceased. 1 Like |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by Jadeng: 10:00am On Aug 30, 2013 |
@OP Hope you called for help first before taking pictures with your phone? |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by jude33084(m): 10:05am On Aug 30, 2013 |
Opey4luv: Hmmm RIP to all those who died serving their father's land. The Labour of our past heroes shall not be in vein. RIP to the dead first, let's ♍e say τhis prestissimo that the customs in Seme border serve their various pocket and not that of the FG as you said.  And I am maniacally bewildered that the border tools called Customs in Seme have all the trappings of an odoriferous behaviour, cum gargantuan gaga with the locals which have led to their calamitous end The urgly activities of the customs along our high way is like the Biblical mene mene tekel Upharsin; meaning that it is no longer a secrete thing( like my Hon. P. Obahiagbon will say)  |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by saintjoel(m): 10:19am On Aug 30, 2013 |
bibigirl07: This is indeed gruesome. The deceased officer's wife is a friend and I mourn with her. Everyone knows Seme is not safe, security wise, but this so called "reprisal killing" is uncalled for. Custom officers on that route work tirelessly day and night in a bid to prevent this demonic agents and smugglers from importing all sorts into our country. Yet some NLs here are so ignorant. Do u know how many trailer-loads of contaminated rice and infected turkey this officers impound daily and burn My condolences to the family of the slain officer but seriously you need to talk to your husbands. We go through the stress of paying custom duty everytime we bring in cars from Cotonou yet your husbands will still demand bribes in form of officer on duty payments and when you as an agent refuse to pay,theyu start shooting sporadically. It's your husbands' people who now collect bribes at lagos ports,they produce fake duty papers for fraudulent agents who sell to gullible Nigerians,they also collect 3,000 naira per vehicle been smuggled across the border,500naira per bag of rice. Yet,when all this deals go wrong,they start shooting and killing innocent civilains and smugglers. As at this morning,rice has started moving across the border like no man's business,yet custom officials are nopt doing anything about it. Advice your husbands' to stop collecting bribes and giving smugglers helping hands,thanks. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by jajajaja828: 10:47am On Aug 30, 2013 |
d.j bazz: I heard custom are selling cars auction. The sales is going on in lagos office. Pls is this true. Help and confirm. |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by paparazzi1987(m): 10:59am On Aug 30, 2013 |
There was mayhem at the Seme border area of Lagos State on Thursday after a 35-year-old man, Saturday Joel, was shot by officials of the Nigerian Customs Service. Eyewitnesses said Joel was hit by a stray bullet while some customs officers were trying to apprehend a motorist who was smuggling a red Volkswagen bus from Benin Republic into Nigeria. It was learnt that after the shooting, some residents took to the streets in protest. The residents were said to have alleged that customs officials had killed at least three motorists this month under the pretext that they were smugglers. It was learnt that in the ensuing pandemonium, the customs officials stationed in the area fled. However, a Superintendent of Customs, identified as J. I Motojelu, was said to have been driving by at the time. PUNCH Metro learnt that in retaliation, the angry mob, led by a community leader, dragged the officer out of his Toyota Corolla car marked ABJ 663 DW, and killed him. It was learnt that the irate mob, also set the deceased officer’s vehicle ablaze and set up bonfires at the centre of the road. The culprits were said to have used the opportunity to steal some items that had previously been seized by customs. A police source said, “Motojelu, who knew nothing about the incident was beaten to death. The mob opened a customs patrol van stationed nearby and took a G3 rifle with 30 rounds of ammunition kept inside it. They then set the vehicle ablaze.” Sources told our correspondent that some customs officials and policemen later returned to the scene and fired shots to disperse the mob. Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, said his men attempted to put out the fire but they had to retreat because of the sporadic gunshots in the area. It was learnt that the victim had been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. But the NCS Public Relations Officer, Seme Command, Ernest Olattah, said in a statement that the officer was killed while on his way to attend a meeting at the command. He said, “We announce the gruesome killing of one of our senior officers by some smugglers in the Ashipa area of Seme around 9.50am on Thursday. The deceased officer, while in his official uniform, unarmed, and driving to the command’s headquarters for a routine meeting, was accosted by a mob who forced him out of his vehicle. “Led by an identified chief of the community, the officer was murdered in cold blood, while his vehicle was set ablaze.” The customs spokesman said efforts were on to apprehend the culprits adding that the customs had achieved many feats this year alone. He said NCS operatives, due to their uncompromising stance against smuggling and the protection the nation’s economy, had come under series of attacks by smugglers and some unpatriotic elements that saw smuggling as their rights. The PRO said, “Customs Area Controller of Seme Border, Othman Abdu Saleh, has in collaboration with sister government agencies including the police, commenced moves to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book. The controller posits that this unfortunate incident will not deter operatives of the command under his watch from carrying out their lawful duties. ‘’This is indeed a sad day for us here in this command, but let me emphasised that we are not relenting in the discharge of our duty as we will not allow the darkness of criminality to dampen the light of our service to Nigeria.” Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, told our correspondent on the telephone that seven suspects had been arrested, adding that they would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba. She said, “Joel is recuperating at Badagry General Hospital while the slain customs officer has been deposited at the mortuary.” http://www.punchng.com/news/mayhem-in-seme-border-customs-officer-killed/ |
| Re: Custom Officers & Smugglers Fighting At Seme Border? by jajajaja828: 11:05am On Aug 30, 2013 |
d.j bazz: I heard custom is selling cars auction at their office in lagos.pls is it true. Pls help and confirm |
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