Following the closing of the Nigeria-Niger border, Bashir Adeniyi, the acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, has issued a red alert for all officers and personnel manning crossings in the Benin Republic, Cameron, and other countries.
The closure of the Nigeria-Niger border, according to Adeniyi, “is 100 percent” being implemented.
During a working visit to the NCS headquarters in Idiroko, Ogun State, where he was speaking to officials and NCS members, he mentioned this on Sunday.
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The Comptroller General urged border patrol agents working for customs to be completely watchful and aware.
He also urged them to wage war against any attempt to jeopardise national security.
The Customs Official explained that special attention must be given to any transit goods heading to Niger Republic.
He directed that any transit goods through the Nigeria customs territory should be stopped if they are headed to Niger Republic.
President Bola Tinubu had ordered the shutting of Nigerian land borders with Niger Republic as part of measures against the military junta in the West African country.
According to Adeniyi, criminals in an attempt to break or smuggle arms into Niger Republic may explore other land borders like that of Benin Republic and Cameroon.
Adeniyi said, “We are all aware of the situation in our northern neighbour, Republic of Niger.
“In response to the national presidential directive from our President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, President Bola Tinubu, as our president and as the Chairman of the ECOWAS authorities of heads of states, we are monitoring the situation in Niger closely and one of the decisions taken in the wisdom of the heads of state is the closure of our borders with Niger.
“Over the last week, I paid a working visit to some of those borders and I can assure you that the implementation of that measure there is 100%.
“And when that happens, people, who want to smuggle things into that country, may want to explore openings in other borders.
“This is why it is important for you to be very, very vigilant. Anywhere we have borders, there could be compromise and there could be attempts to use routes that are not necessarily normal for them to cross things into Niger.”
