Men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, have seized an articulated vehicle loaded with 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and belonging to Dangote Cement Company.

The NCS personnel also arrested three persons, including the truck driver, as they were conveying the consignment to the eastern part of the country.

The Customs Area Controller, Peter Kolo, disclosed this on Wednesday at the monthly press briefing on the activities of the command in Idiroko.

Kolo said the truck was intercepted in the Ijoun border area of Ogun State.

He added that investigation was ongoing to unmask the persons behind the massive smuggling activity.

The controller said the command, in March, intercepted a truck belonging to the Nigerian Bottling Company used to smuggle contraband goods into the country.

On the seizure of contraband goods made by the command in the month of April, Kolo said 7,000 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice or equivalent of 12 trailer loads were seized.

He added that 500 book sizes of cannabis, popularly known as Indian hemp, along with the vehicles used as means of conveyance were also seized.

According to him, smuggling of foreign rice is frustrating the Federal Government’s rice and agricultural policies.

“Just a few days ago, another articulated truck bearing the inscription and logo of Dangote Cement Company was intercepted in the Ijoun border area and was loaded with over 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and heading for the eastern part of the country.

“Three persons were arrested, including the driver of the vehicle, and investigation is going to unravel those behind the massive smuggling activity.”

The controller said various quantities of poultry products, cannabis sativa, vehicles and other means of conveyance, used clothes and shoes, used tyres, sugar, tomato in retail form, body creams and petroleum products for export were also seized during the period under review.

Kolo added, “The cumulative Duty Paid Value for the seizures in April amounted to N189,923,293.

“The Federal Government’s directive on border closure is still subsisting. A sum of N225,000 was generated from the auction of seized petroleum products and scrap metals in the month of April.”

He, however, declared that men and officers of the command would sustain the onslaught against smugglers despite several attacks on Customs personnel by smugglers and their promoters.
Source: https://m.punchng.com/Dangote-truck-caught-with-600-smuggled-rice-three-arrested

If it were heading to the North I can bet my iron balls no one would stop it. Where are gunmen when you need them.

We Nigerians are the problem of our selves.
Later we will be blaming our leaders.the guy above me is the reason y masses can never come together to fight for our rights. With this undiluted hate towards north, the dude above me will later state Wondering y d north and west hates him. Our elites are not the our only problem

No be like say dem even hide am sef, no be bribe dem they bribe Una before

Dangote ke

This banning of food items especially rice is not working.
people are hungry
things are now expensive than ever

Dangote....

As long as it's Dangote the matter will die a natural death.

Most of these truck drivers are useless, it's possible the dangote management are not even aware of the atrocities these drivers use these trucks to commit.

Maybe the idiot driver was sent to go and supply cement to one of these border communities and after supply the cement, he got a deal to sharply help convey smuggled rice to Nigeria and the idiot without thinking twice accepted.

It's a common practice amongst truck drivers in Nigeria. The other day I saw a petroleum tanker that was conveying vegetable oil

Zo.o

Dis matter get as e be.

A proper investigation needs to conducted.

I don't think Dangote is aware of this shit.

Besides, he doesn't import with his trucks. He uses waterways.

Though I'm not ruling out the fact that illiterate ipob will still tell us Dangote gave the directive. Infact, they may tell you dangote himself was in the arrested truck.

the owner of that rice has lost all the goods. as for the driver, he has lost his job

The driver Na fool, he need koboko before dey send am to prison.
Dangote factory dey Ibeshe which is before Ijoun, how come he is coming towards the same Ibeshe with a fully loaded truck, even if the custom officers dey collect bribe, dem no go wan take the risk of that one. The goods is so visible even if covered with trampoline, also the direction is also awkward. The vehicle belongs to Ibeshe Cement Factory, which rarely supply to the East, Obajana covers the East, so how do you move from Ogun State to the East and the Dangote supervisory team no go spot you.
Foolish Driver

The Oga at the top knows about this.