Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has stated that the Deputy Controller in charge of Valuation, DC Frank Onyeka was not culpable in the case of accusation of extortion levelled against him by freight forwarders.
The Command’s spokesman, Mr Uche Ejesieme who disclosed this on Tuesday, maintained that the accused officer is one of the best that the command can vouch for
He stated that DC Frank could not condescend as low as taking laws into his hands
According to him, the DC Valuation provided evidence of valuation related infractions running into millions and which necessitated serious checks and stringent measures.
He added that the issue had been resolved between the parties after subjecting the documents to system checks
“The issue was erroneously blown out of proportion because the Dc valuation tincan, without trying to hold brief, is one of our finest professionals and cannot afford to condescend as low as engaging into the alleged acts.
“The issues that led to that accusations was resolved as soon as the DC subjected the documents to system checks.
“We have also advised the trading public to desist from blowing otherwise menial trade disputes out of proportion and creating a wrong impression abut the service.
A freight forwarder, Comrade Gozie had on Monday accused the DC of asking agents to produce videos of examination carried out by officers and men of the service
Gozie added that if any agent is unable to produce the video, he would be made to part with half a million for the alert raised to be closed
He also queried if taking pictures and recording videos are now parts of criteria for clearing containers in the port
