The Police yesterday arraigned 93 clearing agents and others who were arrested within the vicinity of the popular ‘Any Man’ canteen at the Tin Can port on Wednesday at the Igbosere Magistrate Court.
They were charged by the Police for wandering and arraigned.
Details were sketchy as at press time, but our source hinted that another batch of about 23 agents were awaiting bail at the Police station at the Zone 2, Police Headquarters in Onikan as at yesterday afternoon.
The Police yesterday arraigned 93 clearing agents and others who were arrested within the vicinity of the popular ‘Any Man’ canteen at the Tin Can port on Wednesday at the Igbosere Magistrate Court.
They were charged by the Police for wandering and arraigned.
Details were sketchy as at press time, but our source hinted that another batch of about 23 agents were awaiting bail at the Police station at the Zone 2, Police Headquarters in Onikan as at yesterday afternoon.
Shipping Position Daily however confirmed that majority of those who were arraigned yesterday were those who could not immediately be ‘bailed’ by their relations.
A top member of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) at Tin Can was sighted by our correspondent at the Zone 2 yesterday making arrangements to secure ‘bail’ for members of the association who were arrested.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has faulted the combined team of Police Force and Customs officers that raided the ports and arrested freight agents suspected to be fraudulent.
The association, in a statement issued yesterday in Lagos and signed by its founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam wondered why a combined team of custom and police can barge into the port to arrest freight agents because they are looking for fraudsters, when most of “the sacked agencies of the government are quietly and indirectly back to the ports distorting cargo flow”.
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