How containers of banned overseas rice landed on the Lagos seaports and escaped the eagle eyes of the Nigerian Customs Companies earlier than founding their methods right into a warehouse Lagos is at present inflicting ripples throughout the Customs instructions.
The motion, which violates the federal authorities ban on importation of overseas parboiled rice by the seaports, was additional exacerbated when it was found that the contraband have been imported and smuggled into the nation with out cost of needed duties on the Lagos seaports.
Our correspondent experiences that prime officers of the customs service on the Lagos seaports are at present beneath investigations to establish how such big consignment made it means out of the seaports with it chains of checks and balances couple with the safety test factors on the services.
Confirming the event, the coordinator, Comptroller-Basic Strike Drive Unit, Zone A, Mohammed Yusuf, disclosed that the containers of rice was intercepted from a bonded warehouse after it left the Lagos seaports.
