The Apapa branch of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has threatened a legal action against the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) if it fails to stop its personnel from extorting its members inside the Tin-Can Island Port.
Alleging extortions by officials of the NPA and the Nigeria Police deployed at the port, the Vice Chairman of RTEAN Lagos State, Mr. AdeolaAdeyemi, told told news menthat there are about eight extortion points inside the port mounted by officials of both organizations.
Adeyemi, who is a truck owner and Vice Chairman of the Council of Maritime Truck Owners Association (COMTUA), also said that between Anyman Canteen and Tin-Can Second gate, a total of N84,000 is extorted from each truck on a daily basis.