A 20 foot container suspected to contain toxic waste has been abandoned at Berger Suya bus stop, along the Cocoanut – Mile2 end (close to the pedestrian bridge) of the Oshodi/Apapa expressway. The specialised container with number TLLU 2813171is loaded with already rusting drums stacked six drums wide and five drums high.
According to reports,the truck’s head has been removed leaving the body laden with the consignment. Findings revealed that the truck, whose plate number has also been removed, may have been parked there for a long time.
An Executive member of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, said he saw chemical-like substance dropping from the consignment and he remembered the famous Koko incident. According to the source, some people around there to help open the door which was ajar at the time.
Public Relations Officer of Tin-can Island Command, Uche Ejesieme and his counterpart at Apapa Area1 Command, Abubakar Usman, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, were contacted to ascertain which port the consignment was cleared from.
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