Controversy as Customs invade Lagos market, cart away rice, money The Punch
Published 4:15 am • Oyo traders protest overnight raid of rice stores
Controversy has trailed the invasion of the Better Life section of the Ikotun Market in Lagos State by men of the Nigeria Customs Service.
While some of the traders claimed that the law enforcement officers carted away local rice, including the money they kept in their shops, the agency said only foreign rice smuggled into the state were taken away.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened around 1am on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Some of the traders, who spoke to one of our correspondents, claimed that the officials took no fewer than 592 bags of rice and N5m cash.
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Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State have protested the alleged imposition of candidates on them by Governor
Seyi Makinde ahead of the local government election in the state.
The aggrieved members, who stormed the Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan, on Friday, were seen with different placards, expressing their displeasure over possible imposition.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards read “Oyo East LG says no to imposition”, “Oyo East PDP wants to pry election please”, “LG Primary election save us from imposition in Oyo East LG Council”, “We want a free and fair primary election.”