Harboursandport: Lagos--- Customs Brokers under the aegis of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, have accused the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, of being economical with the truth.
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| Customs Boss, Col. Hameed Alli, displaying one of the seized pump action riffle |
Deputy President of NCMDLCA, Uchu Block, told Harboursandport that there are so many loopholes in the story by the Customs to raise suspicion.
According to him, there is an agent who is involved in the clearance of the consignment and the agent has a principle that has a company and address, where are they he inquired.
According to him, “My brother all these seizures they are recording, normally before you position a container, there must be an agent doing that work. The agent must have paid the TICT charges and then book for examination.
“So for them to put down the container saying they do not know those behind it, all these are government plan to protect themselves one way or the other, they know who the importers of these arms are, there is no way the container will be drop for examination without the agent.
“I mean TICT; somebody would have booked for that container, make payment before they the terminal operator can position. They do not just go to take any position they see there and position without request. So who requested for the container to be put down? Which company is doing it?
“From the company you will be able to trace whoever gave them the job to do. So all these seizures without arrest I do not know, sometimes I see it as government import.
“Most of these agencies that are asked to leave the port will go and organize and bring in something and when they discover it they will use it to justify why they should be in the port,” he concluded.
Recall that Customs Monday seized a 20 foot container of 1,100 pump action riffles imported from Turkey.
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