The two suspects that were arrested in connection with the smuggling of consignments containing 140 different species of snakes and 660 other animals imported into Nigeria from Cameroon have disappeared from the custody of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services in Cross River State.

Julius Novigana and Victor Agbor, were handed over to officials of the NAQS on July 26 by the Customs Area Comptroller in charge of Calabar Free Trade Zone, Cross River and Akwa Ibom Commands, Mrs. Nanbyen Burromvyat, following their interception.

The state director in charge of the NAQS, Mr. Sunday Ukut, on Friday told the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jubril, that the two suspects had disappeared.

“Just two persons were brought here and we have no clue where they have disappeared to,” Ukut simply told Jubril on Friday. Jubril was on an official visit to the office in Calabar to hand over the reptiles to the University of Uyo for research.

The minister, who showed surprise at the disclosure, said he was not happy with the agency’s poor handling of the case. He said the smugglers would have given information on where they got the reptiles from and where they were taking them to and for what purpose.

“But the agency has messed up the vigilance and good intentions of the Customs service officers who intercepted the consignment,” he said.

However, while handing over the reptiles to the University of Uyo representatives, Jubril said the importers wanted to use Nigeria as a transit point to smuggle the animals to Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Luxemburg, the original destination, as inscribed on the consignments.

He said the reptiles had the capacity to wipe out the country’s fauna if released without proper research because of their poisonous nature, adding that it was for that reason that the ministry decided to release them to the University of Uyo to conduct appropriate research.

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That's to know the integrity of Niaja police...

lol,they just diasppeared into thin air

Naija version of prison break...

LIES

cool

They should have lock them with the snakes freely crawling in the cell

DabLord:
They should have lock them with the snakes freely crawling in the cell

U'r truly a NIGHTMARE

My beloved country is now technically corrupt. They disappeared as in ? I no fit talk abeg. Niger matter don tire me.

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He said the reptiles had the capacity to wipe out the country’s fauna if released without proper research because of their poisonous nature,

Who have we offended in this country? And how do we get to this level

Insider job. Arrest all the custom officials connected with the clearing, inspecting, and impounding of those containers. Everyone that have any thing to do with it.


Nigerians can never change. Corruption everywhere

If you ask the gullible they will say corruption is fighting back, like this? the dullard cannot even preserve Nigeria's integrity.

we already know who owns the snake na

Kk.. I'm not surprise at this news, in fact they even stay too long in the cell before disapearing.. Our force wey criminals dey disapear from their cell after 5min of detention...... Put money for their hands and u r free to walk out of your cell



Dem 4 just tell us say the two of dem turn to snake crawl out of their cell, at least the story for sweet small for our ears..... Dis one na anoda wiliwili story dem dey tell us oooh

well i am not surprised Nigeria police and corruption be like Wike and Fayose

Which kin disappear, someone collected money and freed them.

hmmm... no be juju na police

if a vessel can disappear, what is the size of a human that it can not walk into the thin air.

welcome to the ...logical republic

Lala

OK

Abeg shift, I need 6 plots of land to faint....

Biko

Money might have changed hands.
Weh done sir
But seriously, this needs to be investigated.
Cos importing snakes is strange, only God knows what they intend to do with the reptiles

Why telling us, as if you don't know what happened.... Na naija be this

Please one those boxes should be sent out as a public holiday gift to that useless kogi state governor..