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Nemesis has caught up with a syndicate that specialised in diverting goods at the Tin Can Port Apapa Lagos.
The syndicate, including four men and a woman, was exposed after they
attempted to bribe police officers attached to Festac Division, Area E
Command, Lagos, with the sum of N250, 000 after they were arrested on
Wednesday while allegedly attempting to divert a trailer load of bags of
cashew nuts worth N13.7million meant for export.
The syndicate would have succeeded in their scheme but luck ran out
on them when a team of policemen led by Inspector Peter Alyasi attached
to the Area E Command Festac while on stop and search patrol at the No
Man’ s Land area of the town intercepted the trailer.
Inspector Alyasi subsequently demanded to see the content of the
goods and their vehicular documents. Instead of giving the policemen
what they requested for, the syndicate led by the alleged criminal
receiver of the goods offered the police N250, 000 bribe.
A police source said: “The woman claimed to be the owner of the goods
but when she was questioned, she began to fidget and offered to bribe
the policemen to let the trailer go without inspection. The policemen
pretended as if they were cooperating with the syndicate and the woman
brought out N100, 000 cash and offered it to the policemen. Immediately,
the policemen arrested the woman, the driver and others and drove the
trailer loaded with cashew nuts to the Area E command and detained the
suspects.”
It was gathered that Inspector Alyasi under the instructions of the
Area E Commander found out the authentic owner of the goods was a
certain Mr. Bumi Olumekun and subsequently called him on the telephone
to come to the station to identify his goods.
Speaking about the arrest and how his goods were diverted, Mr.
Olumekun who is the President of Frieght Forwarders Association of
Nigeria, said: “I received a call on my mobile phone and the person
calling introduced himself as Inspector Peter Alyasi from Area E Command
Festac Town Lagos.
He said they have arrested the driver of a trailer I hired to move my
cashew nuts to Apapa for exportation. I rushed down to the station and
learnt that the driver of the trailer I hired with his motor boy and
three other persons diverted my goods.
Inspector Alyasi said the suspects offered him N250, 000 but his
conscience did not allow him to take the money. I am in shock that a
driver will connive with others to divert goods he was paid handsomely
for. I usually hear such stories but it has happened to me and I feel
urgent steps should be taken to stop these syndicates operating in our
ports.
I commend Inspector Peter Alyasi and his team for turning down the
bribe. This has shown that there are good people in the Nigeria Police
and not all of them are corrupt.” The suspected driver identified as
Yemi Alanu said he was deceived to divert the goods. He said: “I was
deceived to sell twenty bags of the cashew nuts for N2,000 each.
I did not know the price of the bags but I later found out that each
bag costs about N46, 000. I was diverting the goods in company of the
woman who wanted to buy them to a ware house in Festac Town when the
police arrested us.
We made frantic efforts to bribe the police w i t h N250, 000 but
Inspector Peter who was leading the team turned our offer down and
arrested us. I feel bad for getting myself involved in this crime. I
allowed the woman to deceive me and greed led me into this mess.”
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We Offered Police N250,000 To Divert N13.7m Goods But They Refused – Suspects (Photo)
Description : Nemesis has caught up with a syndicate that specialised in diverting goods at the Tin Can Port Apapa Lagos. The syndicate, including fou...
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