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nigerians no longer see smuggling as a crime, in fact, many even believed the ban on the importation of rice is totally unnecessary and uncalled for

fergie001:
Fisayo Soyombo

Usakachris:
That's is nothing compared to what comes in through Baruten in kwara every month.

Here they don't even use cars but trucks and pickup.

I was once a player so don't Argue

Please sir if you are ever in need of a driver or you know anyone who does, please kindly assist me for the job.
I stay right beside Kwara.

onatisi:
nigerians no longer see smuggling as a crime, in fact, many even believed the ban on the importation of rice is totally unnecessary and uncalled for

If not for smuggling, a Derica of rice should be N2,500 now; currently, a derica is 1300.

Smuggling has stabilised the price ever since Naira has depreciated from 1300 to 1700 now.

Thos story is true. Those smugglers cars full Daleko market this morning

He is not lying, this is a daily occurence in the border regions. I see this almost every week. Rice na pure water here.

You mean Christmas rice?

It would be sold at high price to consumers.

People are wicked oh!

udemzyudex:
Who is this one, if you have nothing reasonable to post just stfu.

Have you seen the way these guys load cars with bag of rice before? If you haven't just stfu and stop acting like you know what you're talking about.

Get out of here you rude fellow. If you have no manners, you may take some lessons in decorum. Others commented with decency and there you are showing off your foolishness and lack of decency.

If not for your foolishness, you’d clearly understand my genuine concern that such saloon cars are not wide enough, at first impression, to carry such load. Someone up there used the word “modified” to clarify my line of thinking and that simply sorted out the doubt that I originally innocently expressed.

Esthered:
The vehicles are modified for smuggling. They're common on Orile-Mile2 axis of which Seme is the destination.

Thank you very much for this very clear explanation. The words “modified for smuggling”, cleared my doubts.

Have a good evening.

ElevationD:
Get out of here you rude fellow. If you have no manners, you may take some lessons in decorum. Others commented with decency and there you are showing off your foolishness and lack of decency.

If not for your foolishness, you’d clearly understand my genuine concern that such saloon cars are not wide enough, at first impression, to carry such load. Someone up there used the word “modified” to clarify my line of thinking and that simply sorted out the doubt that I originally innocently expressed.

Lol.. Look at this clown, you think i glorify nuisance who speak confidently over what they know nothing about?
You're the foolish one here bro, ask or do your own research before coming online to write about what you don't know.

udemzyudex:
Lol.. Look at this clown, you think i glorify nuisance who speak confidently over what they know nothing about?
You're the foolish one here bro, ask or do your own research before coming online to write about what you don't know.

Get lost you swine if you do not have clear understanding. By the way, who’s your bro?

If you took off your arrogant cloak, you’d clearly have understood from my first comment, that I was innocently and genuinely expressing a doubt about the capacity of saloon cars to carry out such tasks and it was not a finality.

I do not need to learn from your likes, as you have absolutely nothing to offer.

That said, you may just once again get lost with your nasty ways!

To be passed off as bumper rice harvest and used to pad APC agric performance.
On another side, aggressive middlemen have started buying actual local rice. A bag of paddy rice dropped to N22k but quickly took off on another inflationary journey. The govt is too docile and busy arranging how to secure another four years.

i quite agree with you, before we can even say we want to ban the importation of something, we should have enough local supply to satisfy the demands of Nigerians

Elliotwaveforec:
If not for smuggling, a Derica of rice should be N2,500 now; currently, a derica is 1300.

Smuggling has stabilised the price ever since Naira has depreciated from 1300 to 1700 now.

ElevationD:
What a pity.

Granted that rice is smuggled everyday, but the allegation seems to be exaggerated.

I do not agree that each car can carry 65 bags of rice. If Soyombo said mini trucks, then that would be understandable. Did he make an error or he did not understand it all?

Hopefully this APC government can allow rice import once again, so that the price of rice can reduce in the markets.

Oga, dwell on what you know. Do you know how many bags ordinary okada can carry?

That is what happens when a poor man is privileged to information, de destroys himself, his enemies and who ever is around him , something that would have profited the poor , his loose lips has turned its as dark as a bane

ElevationD:
What a pity.

Granted that rice is smuggled everyday, but the allegation seems to be exaggerated.

I do not agree that each car can carry 65 bags of rice. If Soyombo said mini trucks, then that would be understandable. Did he make an error or he did not understand it all?

Hopefully this APC government can allow rice import once again, so that the price of rice can reduce in the markets.

I think he made mistakes in his numbers. Assuming a bag is 100kg, and he said they are bringing in 130,000kg or rice. It means they are bringing in 1,300 bags of rice.

If also there is hard fact that they are using 2,000 cars, it means that the number of cars is more than the number of bags of rice. If each bag is 50kg, then it translates to 2,600 bags of rice. Again, 2,000 cars seems a little too much for each car will transport 0ne and a quater bag. So, I strongly feel his numbers are not.

But I don't blame him, he must not get the numbers right. It may be very true that the criminals are set to smuggle rice tonight, it may even be much more than he quoted.

ComeToJesus:
Oga, dwell on what you know. Do you know how many bags ordinary okada can carry?

Oga smuggler, thank you very much!

Shame on Fisayo for saying this out , people are hungry , the government are doing nothing to cushion the effect of his policies and all he sees is to say custom are doing this , they are doing that ...
As the price of the rice are fair within Owode,Atan and some other places nearer is because of the little ones this guys are bringing in .. customs collect bookings from them .. this is what I know very well , being with them in the past and some of the custom officers do pity Nigerians most time and let you go even they knew you have rice in your car or bus ... If the government mean well for his citizens, he ought to have open that border even for short period of time ... They will keep bringing it and nothing will stop them till thy kingdom come .. like him talking is not corrupt...no rice is coming in tonight lobatan .. I came back not long and none of them is on the road by now.. over 6k for a rubber paint , 6k wey we dey use dey buy 1bag for igolo or bebe before ..

One Toyota Avalon carries over 80bags of 50kg rice
And Mistubishi jeep carry over 100 bags ..
Before wey be Volvo , that one they carry about 80bags

Jetta carry over 80 too ..

Fisayo just mentioned average of what they carry .. this what I know ..

olatade:
When you hear people say “It is easy to make $1M in Nigeria than in the western countries’

This is what they mean.

God bless you
Majority of Nigerians like lawlessness and back door

They hate hard work
Thant why when they get to a working system they complain here and there

LegendHero:
If the rice is cheap in Benin, the president should open the border and allow us to flood the market with cheap rice.

Rice is not cheap in Benin, there is now a high import levy on Rice coming into Nigerian ports, so the rice is shipped into Benin ports and smuggled into Nigeria. That was the reason Buhari closed the border for 3 years.

This is a dangerous tipoff

ElevationD:
Get lost you swine if you do not have clear understanding. By the way, who’s your bro?

If you took off your arrogant cloak, you’d clearly have understood from my first comment, that I was innocently and genuinely expressing a doubt about the capacity of saloon cars to carry out such tasks and it was not a finality.

I do not need to learn from your likes, as you have absolutely nothing to offer.

That said, you may just once again get lost with your nasty ways!

Keep displaying your ignorance online, you're arrogant and ignorant at the same time, omo you were innocently displaying your stupid1ty online and i called you out for disgracing your family online.

Get lost and stop disturbing my mention dolt.

Nigeria is just an awkward country 🤔

This Soyombo na complete Mumu. Hunger dey land , wetin concern him.
Make him no do holy pass o.
Rice go cheap when e full market

Obakoolex:
Chai and we just contributed 700k for 7 bags for December church harvest

7 bags? which church be that?

LegendHero:
If the rice is cheap in Benin, the president should open the border and allow us to flood the market with cheap rice.

Journalism wey no bring food to common man.Abeg!!
Its 21,000 cefa (60knaira)per bag in Benin.All these boarder closer na masses dey surver.Make dem open boarder.

fergie001:
Fisayo Soyombo

So, what is special in smuggling rice into the country when obviously we cannot produce locally to sustain us. Besides, are those in power eating locally produced rice? The real thieves are there being worshipped and celebrated and someone is here exposing a daring man doing his business.
Yorubas and their holier than thou attitude sha!

ElevationD:
What a pity.

Granted that rice is smuggled everyday, but the allegation seems to be exaggerated.

I do not agree that each car can carry 65 bags of rice. If Soyombo said mini trucks, then that would be understandable. Did he make an error or he did not understand it all?

Hopefully this APC government can allow rice import once again, so that the price of rice can reduce in the markets.

Its not ur regular car chief ..

The vehicles have been rigged to carry that amount of rice ..

False bottoms , False boots, high roof, raised shocks etc..

U go fear when one bag go come out from one wheel .

Saw some massive movement of rice at the Ifo axis yesterday

I just pity this country with the anyhowness of our government 😂

So this is what a so called pastor can offer? Evidence that his members are brainless.

I will say you are bastard for the information ẹranko let me ask you a question can you go to the northern part of Nigeria and expose them of smuggling of items e. g rice but here you will open your mouth and be talking rubbish. People are hungry you're exposing people trading in rice and car. Nonsense