₦airaland Forum

By Amanabo Ocholi

IKORODU, LAGOS STATE – In a major boost to Nigeria’s anti-smuggling operations, the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, under the command of Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, has successfully intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the Majidun Community of Ikorodu West Local Government Area, Lagos State.

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.

“Suspicious vehicles suspected to be engaged in illegal smuggling activities tried to evade our checkpoint. The Quick Response Team (QRT) immediately initiated pursuit in accordance with the **Joint Task Force’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),” he explained.

The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.

“The swift response of our QRT and the effective interception of these smuggled goods are a testament to our unwavering commitment to support other statutory security agencies in curbing economic sabotage and trans-border crimes,” Commodore Nimmyel emphasized.

The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

Where will the bags of rice be Taking to .

What would be done to the Bags of rice ?

Fine they have Seized it .. Will be be Shared , Given to those that are Hungry or it will be like this .

Bags of rice Seized Burnt.. Dey Play ..

Editorialtimes:
By Amanabo Ocholi

IKORODU, LAGOS STATE – In a major boost to Nigeria’s anti-smuggling operations, the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, under the command of Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, has successfully intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the Majidun Community of Ikorodu West Local Government Area, Lagos State.

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

But you can never seize stolen crude

Hypocrites and thieves!

Hmmm. Meanwhile, Nigerians serving in the US military enjoying a variety of delicious meals:

https://www.nairaland.com/8400745/nigerians-serving-us-military-show#135018663

This should be a test of just how dumb this government is. If they decide to destroy perfectly good rice while some people are starving.

But we all know the likely outcome. Some high ranking officer will distribute to his men. End of Story

If the rice is not poisonous, they better distribute it to the masses

They should chair them to members of the public

This is Igbo man's sweat. Yet food is not enough in Nigeria.

However the rice will be resold to Nigerian workers or rebagged for 2027 elections specifically to the Amala munching baboons. Hungry baboons.

They're crazy.. infact they're all mad. They never seize balablu cocaine.. na harmless rice them dey pursue.. the other thread directionlsess and most corrupt government organization in the world (EFCC) was up and down forming detectives arresting youths and confiscating their properties all in the name of Yahoo.. useless cursed country

Jaga jagaban remains the last president of the forest..

Editorialtimes:
By Amanabo Ocholi

IKORODU, LAGOS STATE – In a major boost to Nigeria’s anti-smuggling operations, the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, under the command of Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, has successfully intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the Majidun Community of Ikorodu West Local Government Area, Lagos State.

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

SensualMan1:
This is Igbo man's sweat. Yet food is not enough in Nigeria.

Are you saying Igbos are the ones smuggling rice into Nigeria?

Hotfreezing:
Are you saying Igbos are the ones smuggling rice into Nigeria?

Everyone knows that they are the foremost criminals and economic saboteurs

Let them not destroy it yet.
If the rice are edible, let them fine the smugglers

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.
This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

https://www.alexa.ng/2025/04/nigerias-anti-smuggling-operations.html

I smell a rat Navy and land pursuit ke.

If them offload via the sea then the concern is more the importation of firearms and military hardware.

Editorialtimes:
By Amanabo Ocholi

IKORODU, LAGOS STATE – In a major boost to Nigeria’s anti-smuggling operations, the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, under the command of Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, has successfully intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the Majidun Community of Ikorodu West Local Government Area, Lagos State.

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

BABANGBALI:
They should chair them to members of the public

And you will be the Chairman of the Chairing committee

It's a lie.
The bags na 1500
Ask them thieving police where the remaining bags are

Nigeria Navy declaring war on rice instead of insurgency.

Rice that will keep people alive as against insurgency that takes life.

I tire for Nigeria.

So what will they do with the bags of rice now.. Destroy them

Kudo's to the Navy Custom Officer's.
But why are they having more results only in the South?
They are bursting illegal refineries in the Niger Delta, seizing bags of rice in Lagos.
What about the illegal mining site's in Nasarawa, Zamfara Sokoto, Bauchi Jos, Niger and Kaduna?
We want a balance crime fighting.
Their one-sided results is painting the South that the South are the only ones involve in illegalities.

story story oo

The seized Rice that will soon find it's way back in the market.
Uncountable foreign Rice are in the market.
So the custom is blind ba?
Make una dey decive una self

They’d give it to thier wives to sell, watch it find its way back into the Market.

That they seize them does not paint them saints in this scenario. They will be shared among either party members or customs officers and few distributed as campaign materials while some will sold by them.

It is good for the saboteurs... It will serve them sense

If d rice is good.... Share it

They will share some during apc campaign.
That quantity should be more.
Even the officers need rice cos of hunger

Editorialtimes:
By Amanabo Ocholi

IKORODU, LAGOS STATE – In a major boost to Nigeria’s anti-smuggling operations, the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE, under the command of Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, has successfully intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the Majidun Community of Ikorodu West Local Government Area, Lagos State.

This landmark operation was carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Saturday, April 12, during a routine anti-smuggling and maritime security patrol within their designated Area of Operations.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Commodore Nimmyel, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander for South-West Operation AWATSE, revealed that the contraband was seized after smugglers attempted to breach a naval checkpoint.



The naval personnel executed the operation with exceptional professionalism and tactical restraint, ensuring that no casualties were recorded during the intervention.



The 1,306 bags of foreign parboiled rice, which were concealed and transported in breach of Nigeria’s importation laws, were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command in Apapa, for further investigation and legal action. The handover aligns with the Harmonized Standard Procedures on Arrest, Detention and Prosecution.

Operation AWATSE, a multi-agency security initiative, continues to play a pivotal role in border protection, anti-smuggling enforcement, and maritime surveillance in the South-Western region of Nigeria.

This latest seizure not only reaffirms the Nigerian Navy’s zero-tolerance stance on economic sabotage but also reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigeria’s borders from illicit trade that undermines local agricultural production and national food security.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

All lies, I was told by my relatives who trade at sabo market in ikorodu that the custom officers actually came to their shops at night, break into their shops and looted it. There was no pursuit of any vehicle as stated in this article.

So, what’s next ?

They just want to push price go up anyhow now again, na by force to by local rice which is not affordable ...

Jamie248:
But you can never seize stolen crude

Hypocrites and thieves!

Dem go resale am and even carry some bags go home