Despite the closure of the border, the Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it intercepted 2,251 bags of 50kg foreign rice smuggled into the country in September.

It said the rice came in through illegal routes in communities at Idiroko border in the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state.

The Controller of the command, Michael Agbara, said this on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the anti-smuggling activities.


He also said within the period under review, 36 used vehicles popularly known as tokunbo and five motorcycles were impounded from smugglers in the bushes and creeks by operatives of the command.

Agbara, who described the smugglers as economic saboteurs, listed other seizures as 1,402,185 litres of petrol; 1,010 cartons of frozen poultry products; 32 sacks of footwear; 42 bags of 50kg sugar; 20 bales of second-hand clothing, and 14 kegs of palm kernel oil.

Others are assorted pharmaceutical products; 23 cartons of tomatoes; 50 litres of kerosene; two sacks of leather bags; snuff powder, eight sacks of alligator pepper and 11 sacks of household items, among others.


Agbara said the total value of the seizures was N553.6m while the total payable value was N667.8m

He said during the recovery of one of the smuggled vehicles, a Mercedes Benz SUV 350ML, by his operatives at Ihunbo, a community along Idiroko Road, on Monday, an accident occurred in which a pupil of a community secondary school died, while three others were injured.



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Illegal goods will always will pass through our borders. Imigration and bribe are like rice and stew ....FTC

Good move

Buhari don spoil work for fayawo(smugglers)

Bring Back our Rice

Rice is 24k now...
na macaroni sure pass

Seriously this will help d country ... U may not like buari but this is nice move

MoneyMan5:
Despite the closure of the border, the Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it intercepted 2,251 bags of 50kg foreign rice smuggled into the country in September.

It said the rice came in through illegal routes in communities at Idiroko border in the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state.

The Controller of the command, Michael Agbara, said this on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the anti-smuggling activities.


He also said within the period under review, 36 used vehicles popularly known as tokunbo and five motorcycles were impounded from smugglers in the bushes and creeks by operatives of the command.

Agbara, who described the smugglers as economic saboteurs, listed other seizures as 1,402,185 litres of petrol; 1,010 cartons of frozen poultry products; 32 sacks of footwear; 42 bags of 50kg sugar; 20 bales of second-hand clothing, and 14 kegs of palm kernel oil.

Others are assorted pharmaceutical products; 23 cartons of tomatoes; 50 litres of kerosene; two sacks of leather bags; snuff powder, eight sacks of alligator pepper and 11 sacks of household items, among others.


Agbara said the total value of the seizures was N553.6m while the total payable value was N667.8m

He said during the recovery of one of the smuggled vehicles, a Mercedes Benz SUV 350ML, by his operatives at Ihunbo, a community along Idiroko Road, on Monday, an accident occurred in which a pupil of a community secondary school died, while three others were injured.



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abeg o make una still let rice flow even of na one week...

Suezubg foreign rice yet nigerian ruce is 21k?!
Mumu country!

Ok

Meaning what. Stupid government

Hope Iya Ayo rice no follow join?

Very soon Nigeria local industries will boom.thank you our president, next level isha allah

It's not all the rice that will get to their station.

Femijohn198:
Very soon Nigeria local industries will boom.thank you our president, next level isha allah

Future impossible tense.

Buhari no dey joke oo

people will not do their biz peaceful in this country!!!

Custom officers go don fat up by now with all the rice and tomatoes they have been seizing.

So who's going to eat the rice

I know this may sound strange but it's fact. I have never eaten Nigerian rice before the border closure.
Not ofada or any other but since the border closure, I waited for 2 weeks, hoping that the price of the remaining foreign rice in the market will come down from 28k but no luck so I finally instructed my wife to buy Nigerian rice.
I was worried I won't like it at first but after eating it, I was impressed. Seriously, I wasn't expecting it to be this good.

Though it's a little expensive for 18k considering the fact that it's home grown but I'm rooting for it from now on.

Good news


By now, I believed 80% of zombies must regret voting this govt

Its a good move that may look bad if certain measures are not taken. Consumers are worried about how come naija rice is within 280-350/derica when the imported rice was sold for 220-250/ derica before border closure. I feel there should be price control mechanism if at all they FG wants it to be of benefit to the ordinary man on the street!

The situation of Sango Idiroko road of Ogun state is critical. This is an international road leading to Benin Republic. If the borders are closed for goods, must people also be deprived of movement?
Please, those that are concerned should come to aid.

can"t we eat other food aside rice

Where's the sized goods going to now

Our governments are MAD!
Nigeria's rice is filled with lot of mad stones and yet they sell it at a mad price! those bastards better open the fucking border!
WTF!
Why!!!!!

Another shit load of money has gone down the drain!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fsYftYRrUI

As if Buhari is eating the local rice.. Mad people

To be sold to x and rebagged by x
Find x.

Only smugglers are bitterly complaining, but customs operatives should eschew corruption, redouble their efforts in curbing smuggling and watch the ways they pursue smugglers by avoiding killing of innocent people.