Nigeria’s land border with Benin Republic at Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, remained closed, more than a day after the Federal Government announced its reopening on Wednesday.

Recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday announced the immediate reopening of four land borders after the Federal Executive Council meeting held virtually in Abuja.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited Seme on Thursday evening, reports that human and vehicular movement across the border post was restricted as the frontier remained under lock.


Intending travellers were denied exit at Seme by officials of Nigeria Immigration Service who claimed that they were yet to get the formal directive to reopen the border.

An official of Nigeria Customs Service, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that security agencies at the border post were still expecting official directives to reopen the border.

He said, “We heard about the reopening of the four land borders from the news on Wednesday, but we are still waiting for directives from the head office in Abuja.


“We can’t just open the border like that. As you can see, when the border was closed, they introduced Joint Border Patrol which comprises Army, Immigration, Police and Customs.

“Anytime they ask us to open the border, we will open it,” he added.

NAN also reports that movement restrictions and checking of goods and vehicles remained in place at more than 20 checkpoints mounted by Customs, Immigration and Police along Badagry Expressway.

Also, commercial activities were yet to pick up at the Seme market due to the continued closure of the border.

A trader at the popular Seme market, Mrs Funke Senapon, appealed to the Federal Government to order the officials to reopen the border.

She said that residents and traders who were rejoicing about the news of the reopening were disappointed when they discovered that the border had not been opened.

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osamz007:
BUHARI ORDERS ARE ALWAYS WEAK LIKE A SEMI ERECT PÉNIS

Exc2000:
Everyone acting as they like

atarapa:
Imagine what one of the custom guy told me yesterday, we have not be told to leave. Only for naija a president will give order and nothing will happen

NOC1:


It is not acting as they like, if you have ever worked in a corporate Organisation verbal communication by GMD is nothing until a mail is sent from him through the appropriate channel.

The mail is your legal backing should anything go wrong.

NOC1:


Whenever a president gives an order he signs and communicate to those in charge, until he does that all he said was a wishful thinking.

In an office verbal communication means little or nothing.