mabea:
You people are so myopic and hatefilled. What mr obi said is so true because i experienced it some years back, not rice this time but clothes. But some clothes from lagos and was on my way to Abuja, this guys seized my clothes claiming that there are contraband.Stop claiming that Obi is lying when you cannot refute his claim all in the name tribal sentiment.

Kk

Why should the be impounding brand new cars purchased years back on the excuse that custom duty was not paid.

why can't they go after the importers of these cars instead of end users.

this is wickedness and heartless.

this govt is fraud

kedeojo:
yes it is so cos smuggled fake product is much higher on that route to be sold to others just because of the greed and wicked attitude some of your igbo brothers engaged on. Even we in south south you people claim to be our brothers, we are not left out by d neferious act. D only tribe I appericiate when it comes to business is just the northerners. They are sincere to certain level. So don't complain about that if it true cos until you good ones keep preaching the gospel to others who has be given you people bad name since long time ago change their dubious ways, if not I fully support d custom in all this. Your brothers have sent a lot of people to their early grave thru fake products ranging from drugs, food items and so on.

Ojo how are you you a SSner, are you a yoruba muslim 'we ssner'?

sarrki:


MMM that collapsed is really showing on some people

its because of people like sarrki DAT I jus wish someone detonates a nuclear bomb in Nigeria weneva he talks he vomits rubbish .weda he lives in Nigeria or maybe a robot waiting to respond don't know ..idiot

seXytOhbAd:
Hmm...
Mr. Obi owns Next cash and carry.
Customs is placed there because the South East usually is a point of storage /sale for smuggled products. I am not a tribalist, just speaking them facts my guy.

If the government says you should not bring in a particular product into its borders, and you do but get caught, you don't deserve pity. You deserve punishment. Be law abiding.

...u are a puppy pressing fone.kop ur daddy's fone b4he come bak,lest u incure a generational curse unto ur noble family...now assignment for u..jss1 student..." where is better obi's next cash" shopping mall located?.A. south east.B. South west.C. South south.D. North east. E.north central.F. North west?..question two Wich region road route us peter obi complaining abt.do dat else seun won't allow ur vry childish comments on his platform cuz ur underage...

Adeoba10:
All these top politicians always looking for means to create havoc and disagreement within the masses, yet some people will still believe this lie. How can custom officer seize A bag of rice, or how many bags were given as Christmas gift in our respective offices.... Except if you are carrying a full loaded rice.... But, this Christmas get as e be sha..... No hamattan, no banger, infact some people cant afford Christmas tree, they are using dongoyaro leaves.... Buhari... Contunu

You sit at home and type this crap? Why not travel and see for yourself?

The man travelled too and is talking from firsthand experience.

yaki84:

The only region where absurd things happen the most is in the NORTH.
Where children as young as 3 abuse drugs. Not just marijuana but something heavier!
The border in that region is as porous as a basket where all ills, shits n illegal goods both human n materials gets into the country.

Very true but our yoruba don't travel we only see things from a brown roof prism.

Adeoba10:
All these top politicians always looking for means to create havoc and disagreement within the masses, yet some people will still believe this lie. How can custom officer seize A bag of rice, or how many bags were given as Christmas gift in our respective offices.... Except if you are carrying a full loaded rice.... But, this Christmas get as e be sha..... No hamattan, no banger, infact some people cant afford Christmas tree, they are using dongoyaro leaves.... Buhari... Contunu

You sound like someone that doesn't travel. Well, na where person Waka he dey know reach

babajero:
your stupidity knows no bound, if truly they are into criminality what concerns custom and check point, or bag of rice and criminality. One thing I know is that aboki will always be an aboki no matter the platform. All you people know is just to born, with no future ambitions, just drink and smoke and the routine just continues like that from generation to generation.

Sarrki is not abooki, he is yoruba muslim like me who believes that Abookies are greater than oduduwa our ancestor.

i travelled to the east yesterday with 2 bags of rice and had no problem with customs, but the number of check points from lagos to isuochi my mums place na die, spent almost #10,000 for settlement. I thank God 4 journey mercy enjoying african salad and sweet fresh palmy. and east no get road at all.

This guy called sarrki is really a certified zombie..His stupidity is irredeemable.May God hv Mercy on his hateful soul.

kedeojo:
yes it is so cos smuggled fake product is much higher on that route to be sold to others just because of the greed and wicked attitude some of your igbo brothers engaged on. Even we in south south you people claim to be our brothers, we are not left out by d neferious act. D only tribe I appericiate when it comes to business is just the northerners. They are sincere to certain level. So don't complain about that if it true cos until you good ones keep preaching the gospel to others who has be given you people bad name since long time ago change their dubious ways, if not I fully support d custom in all this. Your brothers have sent a lot of people to their early grave thru fake products ranging from drugs, food items and so on.

No wonder the other ss states look at you Edo as snitches. Since when You let apc rig itself in govt house without a fight and edo was the state that gave goodluck the lowest votes in the ss

seXytOhbAd:
Hmm...
Mr. Obi owns Next cash and carry.
Customs is placed there because the South East usually is a point of storage /sale for smuggled products. I am not a tribalist, just speaking them facts my guy.

If the government says you should not bring in a particular product into its borders, and you do but get caught, you don't deserve pity. You deserve punishment. Be law abiding.

EDIT: ALL OF THE IDIOTS TELLING ME THAT CUSTOMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE BORDERS, I LMAO. STOP BRING STUPID PLEASE AND CHECK THE CUSTOMS ACT. PART OF THEIR JOB IS TO ALSO PREVENT THE MOVEMENT OF CONTRABAND GOODS IN THE COUNTRY. WAKE UP MY PEOPLE PLS

I pity some apple and the way they reason. Ur premises have shown u are uneducated. Only wen u allow education to pass thru you, then u can think normal. Bros, no region has a monopoly of criminality. Wake up n stop f foolishness before it kills u

danot1030:
Obi should stop blackmailing the custom and allow them to do their job.

The Igbos are not the only travellers that are searched, and even if they are history must have thought the customs of what to do when they see an Igbo traveller.

Idiat

Lloydfather:
U must be a fool not to believed what Obi is saying. I don't know what u gworo sewing, lazy set of tribe, uneducated region, power mongers set of people take the south east & south south for.

do you know that the litaracy level between the north and the east is slightly the same

why the travelers and Obi no complain and refer to Gov. Obiano to address the situation with customs hierarchy?

Peroti:


I pity ur life
U won't see where He said that rice given as gift to them were seized!!

Its so unfortunate when certified zombies goes blind when ever truth surfaces!

Oga how sure are u the rice were given to them at their various office or as gift? Things are smuggled through many ways, i advocate having this kind of checkpoint to confiscate any contraband.

sarrki:


You are a patriotic Nigeria

God bless you

when OPC smuggles rice through agbara check point they turn blind cos of the war song they use in passing through the check point but their eyes are as sharp as eagle when it has to do with people travelling for the yeltitude.what stops them from going to the deport of smuggled rice in lagos @alaba rago lets see how many will come back alive shame on this administration n the custom for lack of competence.if they were this effective foreign rice wont b seen in nigeria yet thousands come in weekly if not daily .Nigeria is a big country headed by zombies

fabre4:


http://sunnewsonline.com/customs-subjecting-igbo-travellers-to-hardship-obi/

I m wondering, when will this Over-educated people think and get it right..

Elchappo:
Sincerely something needs to be done..

I traveled to Abuja last 2 weeks nd I can say there was no notice of customs personnel on the road but if u re traveling to the east, u will wonder between police nd custom whose job is it to check vehicle particulars, search cars nd check for criminals on the high way...

There are customs officials between Ibadan and Ife

sarrki:


The way Nigerians are treated at different points of entry.

I called it precautionary measures

No one should give it tribal coloration

I have never insulted anyone before in an online forum but I can't hold myself anymore, you are very stupid for defending rubbish. I had a first hand experience coming from Lagos to portharcout the custom checking point started from warri to choba that is how bad it was. I bought 4 bags of rice from Lagos as a gift to my parents even with my receipt they insisted on bribe which I refused though I was delayed but I made sure they didn't get a penny from me. The shoe those custom guys wear isn't it contraband too. Please borrow sense biko

ubergold:


You sound like someone that doesn't travel. Well, na where person Waka he dey know reach

Aiit.. At all possible to do with it and the stress of event planning and I am a little bit more about this and other things I have to be with you to your site to find the best way to the hotel is located on the other hand and the stress of event that you are using 6 the only Tennant in the morning and evening and the stress of event planning and I am a very long time no see if you become landlord nko I am not sure how to get the latest version is available to you by tomorrow morning to get a chance to look at it and the stress of event planning and I am a little bit more about this.



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Dat's the middle predictions of my SwiftKey.... Just wanna keep you busy.

TheRealestGuy:
You sit at home and type this crap? Why not travel and see for yourself?

The man travelled too and is talking from firsthand experience.

Aiit.. Where are you now? Maybe we can travel together.... Wait for me Ore, am coming with my bike...

Adeoba10:

Aiit.. Where are you now? Maybe we can travel together.... Wait for me Ore, am coming with my bike...

Baba werey

Tajbol4splend:
These idiots though, so customs ask, are you igbo? If yes bring your stuff.. Fools

The problem is that ppl U is that U don't travel.
If there's an issue on Lagos -Ibadan expressway,which tribe is it likely to affect most?And who is likely to complain about it first?
I have some yoruba friends in Abj and we once had cause to travel to d east and immediately we entered d road heading to Nsukka from Benue,it was even them that raised d issue of frequency of d checkpoints.
One of them said he frequently travels all over d country except to d south east and south south and has never seen stuff like that and I was just laughing at them cos I was used to it.
There is a kind of siege on d south east and south south and I'm yet to understand d rationale,d only factor I can ascribe it to is that it's a revenue generation drive for d private pockets of d security agencies.

Traveling from Akwa Ibom to Abia too, u will see customs somewhere along the road, checking the faces of people inside my vehicle and asking me where i bought the things in my boot....

I mean what da Bleep, i didnt fly in with aliens landing in Uyo.....get the f*ck out.

Fools

my sister who resides in sokoto state could not successfully bring home the rice she bought for my dad's burial until she used a big ganah must go stash the rice and use some clothes to cover it up. bags of rice she bought with her money ooo. the only crime was that she bought it from the north and is sending it to the East. it is well with Nigeria

Peroti:


I pity ur life
U won't see where He said that rice given as gift to them were seized!!

Its so unfortunate when certified zombies goes blind when ever truth surfaces!

Gifts you said? Trailer loads of gifts, Another busted crime. God bless Nigeria

IRserveMyComent:
my sister who resides in sokoto state could not successfully bring home the rice she bought for my dad's burial until she used a big ganah must go stash the rice and use some clothes to cover it up. bags of rice she bought with her money ooo. the only crime was that she bought it from the north and is sending it to the East. it is well with Nigeria

So they are after the ones to the east only and free those to Afonjas? God dey

sarrki:


The way Nigerians are treated at different points of entry.

I called it precautionary measures

No one should give it tribal coloration

This is sometimes what annoys me about Igbos; always turning the slightest negative thing that happens to them to appear like persecution because they are Igbos (Igbo this Igbo that) and inadvertently irritating ppl to the extent of ironically disliking them for being Igbo.

Just take this latest of their complaint; as if there are no custom checkpoints stationed all over this country and as if the Nigerian Customs does not also have Igbos in its services - I bet if you were to take a cursory look into these checkpoints you would definitely find Igbo officers amongst them actively involved in whatever that is going on - maybe even trying to outdo the others.

Why wouldn't their youths grow up hating on everyone, when their leaders are always tribalising and viewing everything from an Igbo and non Igbo perspective; how would their youths develop a sense of belonging and consequently for Nigerian to see and treat them as Nigerians when they are in fact busy marginalising themselves by themsives?

Guyman02:
In the North here we dont see Customs checkpoints seizing anything because the average Hausa man will dagger you if you dare attempt to confiscate his foodstuff or impound his car.
The several Police checkpoints in the South East is because the Igbo is always in a hurry to get to his destination while a northerner will patiently follow the Police or Custom to their station or refuse to move and dare them to do their worse. Tahts why every Custom or Police wants to be posted to the South

The best analysis yet. The braver we are as a people the more we put these government goons in check. I have always tried to do right by the law, but when a police officer tries to take advantage of me, I tell them to arrest me if they think I did anything wrong, they let me go every time with comments like "go away you stingy guy".

I see the needless polarizing comments about tribe and whatnot, and it made my heart sank. If everyone in Nigeria decides to take on our security operatives, by standing our ground, not yielding to their shenanigans, these redundant checkpoints will go away.

The politician might not have mentioned tribe but he implied a certain tribe is more victimized than others. Yes, he's responsible for the polarizing comments here. This is just a game to them, but we should know better as a people.

JimiOgunlola:


Sarrki is not abooki, he is yoruba muslim like me who believes that Abookies are greater than oduduwa our ancestor.

Stop sounding like an illiterate. You are one of those that trivializes and brings tribalism to issues on this forum. I wish you are permanently deleted from this forum.