Customs invades another Ibadan market, seizes truckloads of foreign rice
An official said the act which established the Customs empowered it to break into any shop or warehouse whenever it suspects contraband items are stocked in them.
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Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officers broke into shops and warehouses in the market taking away no fewer than eight truckloads of bags of rice.
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Operatives from the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) stormed Oja’ba market in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the early hours of Saturday, and went away with an unknown number of bags of rice, loaded in five trucks.
They were said to have broken into warehouses, stores and shops containing the bags of rice to carry out the act.
However, a reliable source, who craved anonymity, told Sunday Tribune that the operatives had to leave hurriedly, as some area boys at Mapo and Oja’ba areas started pelting them with stones in the dark, as they were carrying the rice bags inside the trucks brought for the operation.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –As Bodija market traders are still counting there loss, men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice African Examiner gathered again that the officers broke into shops and […]