
Senator Teslim Folarin,the Chairman Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Teslim Folarin has said that the Senate will summon Controller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali over invasion of some markets in Ibadan by Customs officers.
It could be recalled that NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone A had in April invaded Bodija market where about eight truckloads of rice were carted away.
Officials of Customs also invaded Oja Oba market in Ibadan in the early hours last Saturday , where six truckloads of rice were taken away.
Folarin,who disclosed this while hosting Iftar (breaking of fast) with members of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by their Chairman, Alhaji Ismail Ademola Babalola, described the action of the Customs officers as barbaric and uncivilised.
He said:”I was not happy and because the Customs is a federal agency, what I intends to do this week is to raise it.I am going to speak with the leadership, we are not happy. It calls for a motion. We are going to invite the Customs CG to come and explain their action.
“They cannot do that, if you are going to arrest people, you should go and stay at the borders. Do not come to the town.So, if I have rice that I want to share with people and you will come and intercept it. Or if I have Okada and you come and burst it the way they did to my house the last time. It is not done, it is very uncivilised.”