By Ajibola Adedoye
A call has gone to CP Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola, the Commissioner of Police, Western Ports, Apapa Port Complex to urgently nip in the bud the allegation of extortion levelled against security and staff of APMT Terminal, a situation that was described as frustrating and disturbing to members of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF).
This was contained in a letter signed by Hon. Dr. Ibrahim Tanko, National Coordinator, 100% Compliance Team of NAGAFF.
In a teller titled: ‘A Case of Theft, Taking and Confiscating Containerised Goods and Samples Arising from Customs Examination of Containers by APMT Security Officers and Staff’, Tanko said that the team decided to notify the Commissioner “the reckless and malicious manner with which the APMT security staff after allegedly apprehend persons who steal and/or take samples from containers at the Customs Examination Base in APMT Terminal, seize the goods and thereafter allows the persons to go scot-free without handing those persons and the stolen goods over to officers of the law who are saddled with the responsibilities of securing the ports.
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‘Those items seized were taken to their White House Office, where they are kept in heaps of cartons without taking them alongside with those caught with the items to the Port Police. They will later take the items to their office, keep it there and allow the perpetrators to go’ Tanko claimed.
The 100% Compliance Team National Coordinator who fumes that this act of gross misconduct cannot deter the perpetrators from repeating same in the future also questioned the high-handedness of the APMT security staff by confiscating and withholding sample, also quizzed “Why are the samples not returned to the containers from where they are taken or allegedly stole from in the first place? Why those samples are always kept at the APMT office? Why are the perpetrators allegedly apprehended are not handed over to the Port Police for scrutiny and possibly prosecution?
He however imploded CP Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola, Commissioner of Police, Western Ports, Apapa Port Complex to quickly investigate and unravel the unscrupulous elements in APMT and ensure that normalcy is restored for easy business transaction for all freight forwarders.
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