Ogun Police reacts as Custom seized Police Van smuggling rice | By: Adebayo Akinkunmi

The Ogun State police command has denied possession of a automobile seized within the state by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

Bamidele Makinde, the NCS Controller in Ogun 1 Space Command, knowledgeable newsmen on Tuesday that the automotive with the police registration plate PF 1089 SPY was caught with 27 baggage of imported parboiled rice.

In response to Makinde, the motive force of the automobile bolted when he noticed customs inspectors on the route.

When reached by reporters, Ogun State police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said that he was unaware of any NCS seizure of a police van, however promised to look into it.

In an official response on Tuesday night, Oyeyemi mentioned the command wouldn’t have liked to hitch points with the NCS, saying nonetheless, that so as to set the file straight, there’s must make some clarifications.

In response to Oyeyemi, “the quantity plate on the automobile which is PF 10889 SPY is just not a police quantity plate, as no police automobile shall be numbered in such a way.”

He expressed dissatisfaction that the NCS, which has unfettered entry to the highest echelon of the police command, didn’t contact it to verify whether or not it owns the automobile or not.

He mentioned the NCS “would have contacted the command for detailed details about the automobile earlier than labelling it as a police automobile of their press briefing, extra in order that no person was arrested with the mentioned automobile to present credence to their declare.”

“The command hereby needs to tell members of the general public that the mentioned automobile is just not a police automobile and the quantity plate on it’s faux and the police has nothing to do with it,” Oyeyemi concluded.

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