Customs denies viral video on reopening of Idiroko border

The Nigeria Customs Services, Ogun Area Command, has debunked the claim that the Idiroko land border in the state has been reopened for business.

The Controller of the state customs command, Bamidele Makinde, cleared the air while reacting to a viral video showing some Customs officers opening the border.

Makinde, while fielding questions from newsmen at a media briefing in Abeokuta, said Idi-Iroko border alongside three others had been reopened in 2022 by the immediate past administration.

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He said since then it had remained open for legitimate trade, noting that anyone who does business in the unapproved route would be intercepted.

He said, “The viral video on the media happened in April last year when the border was opened then. It was four borders that were opened. But, as we speak presently in Ogun state, we have more than six approved borders in lmeko, Ijofin, Ijoun and Ohunbe. It’s only Idi-Iroko that is open now, the others are still on lock.

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“We are just public servants, we implement policies, whatever Abuja says we do, So, Idi-Iroko is open 24 /7; but we have not heard the notation to open the other borders.”