EFCC Arrests 21 Trucks Carting Food To Niger, Cameroon, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon and other countries.

According to a press statement by the commission through its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the arrest was made on Tuesday.

He said: “The trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major exit routes along Kalabiri/Gamboru Ngala and Bama roads, Borno State.

“Investigation showed food items cleverly concealed in the trucks that would have gone undetected, but for the eagle-eyed vigilance of operatives of the Commission.”

Oyewale noted that further checks showed that the “waybills” covering the goods carried by the trucks indicated their destinations as N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central Africa Republic and Cameroon respectively.

According to him, the arrest of the trucks is expected to stem the tide of food insecurity occasioned by unscrupulous antics of smugglers across the country.

He said: “Suspects arrested with the trucks are being profiled and would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.”