Despite Border Closure, Smuggling Booms At Niger Border
October 22, 2019
2:00 am
β’Customs arrest 50 suspects, seize 14 trucks Accuse residents of border towns of complicity
Despite the closure of Nigerian land borders by the federal government in the last three months, smuggling still persists at the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, our investigation has revealed.
Newsmen gathered that at the border between Jibia in Katsina State and Niger Republic, smugglers have resorted to the use of illegal routes to ferry in bags of foreign rice, bales of second-hand clothing and other contrabands.
However, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed the observation, calling for either a photograph or video evidence …
