Death Cargo! 6,000 tonnes of poisonous rice head for Nigeria …NSA raises alarm
By ALEX AKAO

Friday, June 19, 2009
All relevant security agencies in the country’s border routes and seaports have been placed on the red alert to watch out for a shipment of about 6,000 tonnes of poisonous rice believed to be on its way to Nigeria from Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital.



http://odili.net/news/source/2009/jun/19/504.html

The worrisome discovery was made recently through intelligence reports from the office of the nation’s National Security Adviser (NAS), indicating that the consignment of the contaminated product may arrive soon. It is not immediately clear if the importers are bringing in the products through the roads or sea.

Already, all officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), the National Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as well as the Ports Health Control, have been directed to maintain extra vigilance at their duty posts to ensure that the unwholesome edible food items are promptly impounded on arrival.

The warning to the security agencies to that effect is contained in a circular from the office of the NAS, captioned, “Freetown: Plans Underway to Divert Contaminated Rice to Nigeria” with reference number NSA/C/352/S dated June 3, 2009 and signed by Akingbolasan, S.A.

The memo, which was also copied to the Controller-General of Customs, indicated that those behind the expected shipment were Nigerian businessmen, who had indicated interest to buy the products earlier rejected by the Sierra Leonean authorities on account of its being unsafe for human consumption.

Although details of the shipment remains sketchy as at press time, Daily Sun reliably gathered that the products were part of food aids to the war-torn country from Asia. The products were said to have encountered delay during transit as a result of sea storm, thereby becoming contaminated.

The Sierra Leonean authorities were said to have carried out tests on them, which proved that the rice was no longer fit for human consumption, before they were approached by the unscrupulous Nigerian businessmen who offered to buy them for shipment to their country.

“While the situation is being monitored, the Organization is being alerted of this development in order to safeguard Nigerian consumers,” the circular stated.

Checks conducted by Daily Sun at some of the customs formations in Lagos indicated that the officers had been put on round-the-clock watch for possible interception of the products on arrival.

Specifically, the Marine Units of the service are said to have been warned on the need to keep extra vigilance on the waterways following unconfirmed reports that the importers may have got wind of the red alert.

Na God go save us for this kontele.

funny enough its still our own naija brothers that are killing us. enriching themselves at the expense of other peoples lives. am sorry to say this but am willing to bet that the guys importing this contaminated rice no go pass igbo guys. i stand to be corrected.

Now, this is scary. But why on earth did the FG go public with this? I expect they should have nipped this quietly. They have only succeeded in letting the depraved importers smuggle in the goods in via other means.

Damn! I'm getting sick and tired of this country every day!

Let it arrive abeg! Black man no dey die. . . .

If we can't afford good rice we might as well eat the poisonous one. . .

ono:

Now, this is scary. But why on earth did the FG go public with this? I expect they should have nipped this quietly. They have only succeeded in letting the depraved importers smuggle in the goods in via other means.

Damn! I'm getting sick and tired of this country every day!

@ ono

A responsible government has a duty to go public about this.

We as citizens have a right to be informed of any threat to our lives, no matter the financial cost to any business man

Nigeria and other developing and underdeveloped countries of the world have been a dump site 4 all sort of wastes and poison's because our government careless about what comes in or go out of the country. Even some of the said polished rice we eat are waste products of livestock feeds. May God save us.

Aloy.Emeka:


The memo, which was also copied to the Controller-General of Customs, indicated that those behind the expected shipment were Nigerian businessmen, who had indicated interest to buy the products earlier rejected by the Sierra Leonean authorities on account of its being unsafe for human consumption.

God help us

Witi:

Nigeria and other developing and underdeveloped countries of the world have been a dump site 4 all sort of wastes and poison's because our government careless about what comes in or go out of the country. Even some of the said polished rice we eat are waste products of livestock feeds. May God save us.

are u serious!

May God save us!

I wouldn't mind if the rice can be directed to the houses of the greedy politicians

Infact if i come across this rice, i would market it and make sure its so expensive that they would be only one to buy it

They said Nigerian businessmen are responsible-WHY NOT NAME THEM.
They said Nigerians are backing the militants in the Nigerdelta_WHEN WILL GOVERNMENT NAME THEM.
What is stopping the Information ministry telling Nigerian about this.
This Country sef-God save us all.

@ RICHIE BOI What has Igbo peope got to do with this? We should focus on the act not condemn a particular group of people or be tribalist about this issue.

Tudór:

Let it arrive abeg! Black man no dey die. . . .

If we can't afford good rice we might as well eat the poisonous one. . .

seconded jare!
its not as if this is the first or gonna be the last we hear about this
Igbo perpetuated or not . . . . . what you fear kills you

Well, its good to know that not all our black brothers
are bad/corrupt. One day this whole magnanimity
shall be eroded away. cheers @poster.

The INSINCERITY and WICKEDNESS of these government and its penchant for "noise-making" is on display again!

Pardon me but it is STUPID to [b]tell [/b]a thief that the Police has laid ambush for him at the end of 3rd Mainland bridge, he will simply pass other routes like the Eko Bridge or lekki-Maroko axis!

Since they had this much information about the shipment, that means they know:
1. Country of origin
2. The shipping Port in Sierra leone
3. Based on the 1. & 2. above, they can easily get the conveying Ship's 'details' like destination Port in Nigeria, and all the shipping documents
4. Based on 3., they can get the name of the Nigerian Business men involved and their addresses
5. Based on 4., they can pick-up the agent of death, here in Nigeria or even in Sierra leone
6. Using the Nigerian Navy and International Maritime technology, the ship can be impounded once it enters Nigerian waters or boarded even in international waters AND SUNK IMMEDIATELY.

But as usual, our empty-headed and inept leaders, haven probably primed themselves for the "BRIBE" that would be paid on account of these noise making, are getting themselves a ready-made excuse - WE RAISED THE ALARM O!- when Nigerians start dieing of the poisonous rice!

The warning to the security agencies to that effect is contained in a circular from the office of the NAS, captioned, “Freetown: Plans Underway to Divert Contaminated Rice to Nigeria” with reference number NSA/C/352/S dated June 3, 2009 and signed by Akingbolasan, S.A.

Imagine, this breach of 'information security', coming from the National Security Organization? In other countries, they would be sacked or forced to resign.
Remember recently, about a month ago when the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in U.K "unknowingly exposed" a file for an operation they were supposed to carry out, by displaying the contents of a page of the file, clutched to his chest? He resigned the next day.
End of story

His "Nigerian version" would probably think he has earned enough credentials to become the next President of the country!, slowpoke!!

Now that everyone is aware, the ship will berth on the high seas, the business men will bring the rice in, in trickles, using small boats and other "Nigerian business men" will buy it at #3,000/bag and sell at #10,000/bag!

All "business men" will be happy and Nigerians will die or be deformed in their millions !

Is this "how brilliant" our own FBI/CIA is? SHAME

Why are we Nigerians very EVIL BY NATURE?

if it is to arrest and torture innocent students and protesters or to burn, kill and rape in the Niger Delta, dem go sabi that one  

Now, l hope you see why the foreign Visa offices are always jam-packed?  

Eyin Oyinbo, e wa funmi ni Visa, Kin ma ku o, , e wa funmi ni Visa,            -Bembe Aladisa

deor3,
Please read lastpage's entry very well - especially the first and second paragraphs. That's what my entry on this implies.

lastpage:

The INSINCERITY and WICKEDNESS of these government and its penchant for "noise-making" is on display again!

Pardon me but it is STUPID to [b]tell [/b]a thief that the Police has laid ambush for him at the end of 3rd Mainland bridge, he will simply pass other routes like the Eko Bridge or lekki-Maroko axis!

Since they had this much information about the shipment, that means they know:
1. Country of origin
2. The shipping Port in Sierra leone
3. Based on the 1. & 2. above, they can easily get the conveying Ship's 'details' like destination Port in Nigeria, and all the shipping documents
4. Based on 3., they can get the name of the Nigerian Business men involved and their addresses
5. Based on 4., they can pick-up the agent of death, here in Nigeria or even in Sierra leone
6. Using the Nigerian Navy and International Maritime technology, the ship can be impounded once it enters Nigerian waters or boarded even in international waters AND SUNK IMMEDIATELY.

But as usual, our empty-headed and inept leaders, haven probably primed themselves for the "BRIBE" that would be paid on account of these noise making, are getting themselves a ready-made excuse - WE RAISED THE ALARM O!- when Nigerians start dieing of the poisonous rice!

Imagine, this breach of 'information security', coming from the National Security Organization? In other countries, they would be sacked or forced to resign.
Remember recently, about a month ago when the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in U.K "unknowingly exposed" a file for an operation they were supposed to carry out, by displaying the contents of a page of the file, clutched to his chest? He resigned the next day.
End of story

His "Nigerian version" would probably think he has earned enough credentials to become the next President of the country!, slowpoke!!

Now that everyone is aware, the ship will berth on the high seas, the business men will bring the rice in, in trickles, using small boats and other "Nigerian business men" will buy it at #3,000/bag and sell at #10,000/bag!

All "business men" will be happy and Nigerians will die or be deformed in their millions !

Is this "how brilliant" our own FBI/CIA is? SHAME

Why are we Nigerians very EVIL BY NATURE?

if it is to arrest and torture innocent students and protesters or to burn, kill and rape in the Niger Delta, dem go sabi that one  

Now, l hope you see why the foreign Visa offices are always jam-packed?  

Eyin Oyinbo, e wa funmi ni Visa, Kin ma ku o, , e wa funmi ni Visa,            -Bembe Aladisa

You 've said it all!

The truth is, the alarm is been raised because the "un-named businessmen" refused to agree to their terms, probably not agreeing to the amount they wanted as bribe. nothing more!
Anyhow sha, this is not the first time and it is not going to be the last, I can remember the killer beans era, how did that one happen, and how did it end? Anyways, I agree with Tudor,

Tudór:

Let it arrive abeg! Black man no dey die. . . .

If we can't afford good rice we might as well eat the poisonous one. . .

@lastpage, ur analysis is spot on, the guys in charge of naija are basically numb-skulls.
For all we know it might be a ploy to push up the cost of rice,

But if this is true, then it is blood money at its highest, at least one person who is related to the business men will also eat the rice, that thought alone should make such people think again, but not in naija, they will rather contribute to the deceased burial,

God help us all

lastpage:

The INSINCERITY and WICKEDNESS of these government and its penchant for "noise-making" is on display again!

Pardon me but it is STUPID to [b]tell [/b]a thief that the Police has laid ambush for him at the end of 3rd Mainland bridge, he will simply pass other routes like the Eko Bridge or lekki-Maroko axis!

Since they had this much information about the shipment, that means they know:
1. Country of origin
2. The shipping Port in Sierra leone
3. Based on the 1. & 2. above, they can easily get the conveying Ship's 'details' like destination Port in Nigeria, and all the shipping documents
4. Based on 3., they can get the name of the Nigerian Business men involved and their addresses
5. Based on 4., they can pick-up the agent of death, here in Nigeria or even in Sierra leone
6. Using the Nigerian Navy and International Maritime technology, the ship can be impounded once it enters Nigerian waters or boarded even in international waters AND SUNK IMMEDIATELY.

But as usual, our empty-headed and inept leaders, haven probably primed themselves for the "BRIBE" that would be paid on account of these noise making, are getting themselves a ready-made excuse - WE RAISED THE ALARM O!- when Nigerians start dieing of the poisonous rice!

Imagine, this breach of 'information security', coming from the National Security Organization? In other countries, they would be sacked or forced to resign.
Remember recently, about a month ago when the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in U.K "unknowingly exposed" a file for an operation they were supposed to carry out, by displaying the contents of a page of the file, clutched to his chest? He resigned the next day.
End of story

His "Nigerian version" would probably think he has earned enough credentials to become the next President of the country!, slowpoke!!

Now that everyone is aware, the ship will berth on the high seas, the business men will bring the rice in, in trickles, using small boats and other "Nigerian business men" will buy it at #3,000/bag and sell at #10,000/bag!

All "business men" will be happy and Nigerians will die or be deformed in their millions !

Is this "how brilliant" our own FBI/CIA is? SHAME

Why are we Nigerians very EVIL BY NATURE?

if it is to arrest and torture innocent students and protesters or to burn, kill and rape in the Niger Delta, dem go sabi that one  

Now, l hope you see why the foreign Visa offices are always jam-packed?  

Eyin Oyinbo, e wa funmi ni Visa, Kin ma ku o, , e wa funmi ni Visa,            -Bembe Aladisa

very well said.

E be like say the rice don land sef
No be Naija again
Recent rampant case of runny tummy

the reason why this country will never be good is because of idiots,halfwitts,zombies and tribalists like RICHIE BOI.smeone swept away the funds meant for the id card scheme and igbos dint go tribal.nigerian airways was grounded and we didnt take it to the tribes.i dont know where u come from,ass-hole,bt by the words of ur mouth,u have condemned urself and have shown the whole world that u are an slowpoke.that u are not worthy of being on this forum.it is ur types who join half truths and fallacies to attack the igbos because u are envious and jealousy is written all over ur dark soul.i wish u burn in hell.instead of condenming the perps of this ungodly and unholy acts,u have made a fool of urself by going tribal.it was people like u in the person of Hitler that we fought the 3rd world war,bt unfortunately,u are a woman.u have no balls and u can never make it in life u filho da puta.a sua criancas nunca vai criar - meaning ur children never grow.

All this wahala self, e be like say somebody did not recieve enough bribe

Papaejima,
Thanks for putting that slowpoke who calls himself RICHIE BOI in his place.

papaejima:

the reason why this country will never be good is because of idiots,halfwitts,zombies and tribalists like RICHIE BOI.smeone swept away the funds meant for the id card scheme and igbos dint go tribal.nigerian airways was grounded and we didnt take it to the tribes.i dont know where u come from,ass-hole,bt by the words of ur mouth,u have condemned urself and have shown the whole world that u are an slowpoke.that u are not worthy of being on this forum.it is ur types who join half truths and fallacies to attack the igbos because u are envious and jealousy is written all over ur dark soul.i wish u burn in hell.instead of condenming the perps of this ungodly and unholy acts,u have made a fool of urself by going tribal.it was people like u in the person of Hitler that we fought the 3rd world war,bt unfortunately,u are a woman.u have no balls and u can never make it in life u filho da puta.a sua criancas nunca vai criar - meaning ur children never grow.

silence they say is the best answer for fools.

ono:

Now, this is scary. But why on earth did the FG go public with this? I expect they should have nipped this quietly. They have only succeeded in letting the depraved importers smuggle in the goods in via other means.

Damn! I'm getting sick and tired of this country every day!

I agree with you. This is a matter of National Security and shouldn't have been made public. In fact by alerting the public as they claim, they have done nothing but raise the alert message to "RED" which is not advisable.

they didn't mention the 5,000 tonnes of beans too or does beans have ode-eshi?

Only God will save us in this Nation.
imagine the mess with human lives