Many travelers and vehicles were stranded for hours on Thursday at Seme border post following restriction of movement around the country’s frontier with Benin Republic.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Seme reports that the restriction followed the joint border security exercise ordered by the Federal Government aimed at securing Nigeria’s land and maritime borders.
The exercise, code-named, ‘Ex-Swift Response’, was being jointly conducted by the customs, immigration, police and military personnel and coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser.
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NAN reports that incoming travelers and vehicles were thoroughly searched by the additional security officials drafted to the border, causing long delays.
Many commercial vehicles conveying passengers into the country were ordered to park at the new border post for several hours while hundreds of…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
