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Nigerian Customs Service Detains Officer for Exposing “Booming Petrol Smuggling Business” to Niger Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Others

  • Date of Occurrence
    November 11, 2022
  • State/Country
    Adamawa, Nigeria
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Owombo Segun John, an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) who raised the alarm on how refined petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, is being smuggled to Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic and other African countries have been detained.

Owombo, a Superintendent of Customs (SC), in a video narrated how he arrested so many smugglers on Wednesday, November 2, at Malabo Checkpoint on Belel Road, Adamawa state. He said senior officials of the NCS called him to release the suspects. Multiple sources on Friday told SaharaReporters that the officer attached to the Federal Operations Unit Zone D in Adamawa State had been arrested and detained.

“He has been detained by the Comptroller over the video,” a source told SaharaReporters.

 

 

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2022-11-11
  • State/Country
    Adamawa
  • Perpetrator
    Nigerian Customs Service
  • Source
    https://saharareporters.com/2022/11/11/breaking-nigerian-customs-service-detains-officer-exposing-booming-petrol-smuggling
Location

Adamawa, Nigeria

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  • North East
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Freedom of Expression
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention
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