Nigerian Customs Officer Remains In Detention, Five Months After Exposing Petrol Smuggling Business To Neighbouring Countries | Sahara Reporters

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Owombo Segun John, an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) who raised the alarm on how refined petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, is being smuggled to Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic and other African countries has remained in detention. Owombo, a Superintendent of Customs (SC) in a video had narrated how he arrested so many smugglers on Wednesday, November 2, at Malabo Checkpoint on Belel Road, Adamawa state. He however said senior officials of the NCS called him to release the suspects.

SaharaReporters had also reported that Owombo was set to undergo certain tests while in detention.

Another source in the agency on Friday told SaharaReporters that the officer has been kept in open detention since his arrest to ensure media silence over his matter. The letter signed by SA BOMAI, Secretary/Ag. Assistant Comptroller-General and obtained by SaharaReporters read, “It has been brought to the notice of the Nigeria Customs Service Board that your attitude to work and general conduct has been unsatisfactory:“That you Svc No 44836 SC SI OWOMBO, while serving at Federal Operations Unit Zone D as a proper Officer, involved in a case of disclosing official information, violation of oath of secrecy and act of unbecoming of a Public Officer.

 

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Just like a cursed nation. Things have really gone bad beyond repair.

What a shame . NigeriaCustomS7 is a big disgrace to allow this to happen, these re the kind of people we need to repair Nigeria n they re suppose to be protected not maltreated. SMH. I weep for my country. whichwayNigeria

So sad!

Abomination in Nigeria

So nobody (lawyer, etc) can help him ? This is so sad

Morris_Monye This is Nigeria

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Oga police BenHundeyin have you seen this?

Imagine

Yeah, i remember this guy. They should take him to court pls

GRVlagos This is bad

GRVlagos What a country!!!

Please let Falana know about this case.

Where is Reno omokri and FFK, their problems are Peter Obi.

AmnestyNigeria amnestyusa StephanieBusari ZainAsher ARISEtv ruffydfire

I remember him . However is this how bravery is rewarded. Such moral and spirit killing should be eradicated from these leaders. They have formed a system, a force formidable not to undermined . It's bad for a country that needs to declare war on development

There is no such thing as democracy in any part of this world. Just hypocrisy

NIGCUSTOMS This is a clear sign that the customs are part of the problem of fuel smuggling, an officer that chose to do the right thing is now being arrested. officialEFCC this is what you should be looking into petrol smuggling through the border. MBuhari

APC is a plague that must get rid of, Or else Nigeria will be no more.

NIGERIA is a CRIME SCENE❗️

No be today, there are truths we all don’t know about Nigeria, my stay in the north alone Ehn I no fit talk wetin I hear or see with my eyes, my life is more important than blowing whistle in this country… That Customs guy wanted the best for Nigeria but he was not informed.

All those who are blindly insisting that Nigeria must surrender to a stolen mandate don't they know that this kind of thing is what Nigerians are no longer comfortable with?

Only in Nigeria u will get killed or sent to prison without files for doing ur job Justly and reporting illegality to authorities.

Obi-dients need to take up this matter. Can we start with a court action ordering his immediate release and subsequent reinstatement. Then compensation if possible.

😥

MBuhari ProfOsinbajo GenMagashi MinofPoliceNG

What's the mainstream media doing about this? What are the civil coalition doing about this? If we can't fight for those who do good, many more will keep shut, knowing it's hopeless

Shame for the present Nigerian leaders

A doomed nation

Am proud of being a black man and Africa but not Nigeria

Very good for him ,let's keep promoting evil in this side of world we find out slef.

This is what the ObidientMovement wants to end. Structure of criminality. Punishing the righteous while rewarding evil. We want our children to know the right ways of doing things. We want them to SERVE OUR FATHERLAND, not stealing from it.

How can a gesture of goodwill be paid with imprisonment?!...after we wail that why we are were we are today is because good men seat and watch and do nothing?!...this man is a patriot and a good man and needs our help. please let's retweet aggressively so get the needed attention

Why?

How do you expect those benefiting from the crude oil smuggling to ever want a better Nigeria 🇳🇬? no they won’t but God pass dem.

Check well before you expose, it might be buhari's product

He exposed them and still stayed in the country? He should have expected this. You first run and then expose them.

Five month?….Mehn…I pray for God favor over his life, France citizen that gave their president dirty slap sev was only sentence to 3month in prison…revealing bad did got him here… Nothing works here

Yes I remember when this man raised alarm because i was in Nigeria then

What is that thing APC have not destroyed

So it’s wrong to speak the truth again in this country

Nigerian nah zoooo

He is in detention for doing his job? Say what now

Agbadorians will not comment on this, I've been reading and I having see any of their tweets 😂😂 this people are the real fascist

AmnestyNigeria amnestyusa AmnestyUK

Buhari APC government is the most corrupt ever!

Because he didn't join the crime and preferred to be patriotic, he is now treated like a criminals. Criminality is now the bed rock of every sectors in Nigeria

This is what is killing patriotism in Nigeria any officer of the law that chooses to do the right thing get this kind of reward I know of a senior police officer who decided to do the right thing in the niger delta area he was immediately reposted to police training academy.

A good officer in prison. A criminal officer let loose on the street to loot the system. There was a country

This is not right !! It's highly unfair !!

What would remain in this country by the time this government would have succeeded in silencing all the whistleblowers?

Sad

Later some human beans will still support APC

NigeriaGov ProfOsinbajo NIGCUSTOMS SERAPNigeria This is an example why this country never progresses

This man didn’t Deserve the way he was treated, who want to save him no one even human right them are in bondage who stand by you. SMH 🤦🏽‍♂️

This detestable govt cartel that punishes the good and feed the wicked will not abide.

This guy here, Umoh S. Etim was the custom officer that arrested the fleeing Charles Taylor along the Yobe-Chad border. He rejected $450,000 cash bribe from Taylor, arrested and handed him over to the Nigerian govt. He was dismissed for his patriotism. Nigerian govt hate good.

Me I fear dis govt pple in sound sultans voice…RIP.. I see dem I ja!!

Lemme use discounted averages so no one will lose their minds. Average 200-300 trucks leave NGR daily to cameroun alone. Average of 60,000 ltrs X 250 trucks = 15m ltrs. Local price + expenses to cameroun= circa N350k/ltr. Selling price in cameroun discounted = N650/ltr.

No body is seeing this o

They reason some Nigerians have stop speaking the truth under this APC government

Lesson to the one still at that post. If you see such illegal dealings, don't confront anybody, don't make any heroic video, Nigerians won't save you. Just carry your gun, trail the truck as if it is a chase, and light it up. It will end up as a happy accident. Win win for all.

This is Buhari's Government style of fighting Corruption

Everything in this country is just opposite

Na waa oo

Nigeria is a country that breeds criminality. They don't celebrate trustworthy persons. EndNigeriaNowToSaveLives BiafraReferendumNow

Corrupt country , Corrupt leaders and corrupt apc party.

Buhari said he wants whistleblowers, now they are arresting and imprisoning the whistleblowers.. This is sad..

What a country?

These re the reasons they don't want PeterObi ,The elites don't want things to be done normally in this country,They prefer a destabilized nation as it profits them.Some day I'm certain Nigeria will be liberated & good people fighting for a good nation will achieve their dreams

Aminaruk Imagine this kind subject attributed to a government. If that was a national security threatening issue, it would be justifiable but this is a patriotic act that should be celebrated yet he's suffering while the perpetrators are still stealing and enjoying the proceeds. Nigeria!!

You can imagine..

Nails

How can you get arrested for doing the right thing. I can never understand the kind of society Nigeria is.

Why is Nigeria so currupt, you're arrested for doing the right thing and celebrated for doing the wrong things. This narrative must stop and must be changed.

NigeriaGov change, do what's right. What evil has this man done in exposing the deeds of cruel opportunists

But we the citizen read and move on, instead of shouting down the country for this nonsense to stop.the man deserve a gold medal not a detention.

bechiny That is the best thing PoliceNG dss and other security agents and court know how to do under APC led government. What a terrorist organisation in government?

_screenshoter dark

He committed TREASON by exposing evil doings of Federal government of Nigeria USMiniTru USinNigeria UKinNigeria UN real_IpobDOS EUinNigeria

'Jst so you knw, if u want to do gud in this cntry mke sure u are ready for d backlash; cos d powers that be will fight you. So if you wnt to be a human in 9geria, mke sure it's not for recognition or praise, cos 9geria will so brk you. Dnt do gud for 9gerians, do gud to 9geria.

That's the country that hate the truth.

No wonder we have acute scarcity in Naija. God will puneesh the ppl involved in this regime; they are looting their last.

Sad 😭

If we talk about how bad people always win and good people get fucked. You go see people coming to preach Bible verses on how good will eventually overcome the wicked. This is the reality here and not those nollywood mentality stuck in y’all head. I don join Wicked People’s…

I told someone the other day that the current Nigerian system doesn’t support anti corruption. You can be arrested for being upright.

What a sad story CustomsNG NGRInterior the Comptroller General of Customs-Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), a gallant Soldier, please attend to this particular case fijnigeria ChidiOdinkalu OfficialDSSNG PoliceNG NGRSenate HouseNGR NGRPresident officer Owombo needs ATTN

Oh they arrested this man.

Where’s the clip

iizzyyppp There was in need a country. Honesty and integrity seem to be the vice while vices are now virtues….shame on us all…

It is so hard to fight for naija. The stain and corruption at the ground level is superb. I no sure say those men go repent.

chukwuemekapas3 Evil government, criminal APC

And this is the fvcking reason I will keep tweeting again anyone that supports bad government. The likes of FFK, Festus Keyamo (Mr bonce) and br*inless Agbadonians

Obidients We need to speak up for this guy please…..

Just look at. They hate the truth. U see why we don't need all these old bad eggs in Govt.

Julian Assange remains in prison after exposing crimes against humanity, evil hates confrontation with the truth. We see these parallels everyday.

This country na wa oo

God will see you through. The government must change for corrupt leaders to part

Only in Nigeria a zoo

Reason ally of people choose evil ..large number of us won’t rest until they change or vanish from our land

YeleSowore check comments and see why obedient don’t hate Nigerian you can now see the Agbado are not in the comment section because they hate the word truth

What a useless country

Can you imagine... this is not a country oo

I just thought about him yesterday 😭

And Tinubu is d cause right?

Heard the man that exposed those organ harvesters disguised as police officers in anambra is still in detention, i don’t know how true that is!

This the major reason they want to remove subsidy, these fraudulent peeps are making trillions from the govt, these smuggled fuel was assigned to NGR but they take it to Chad & still come back & claim the subsidy after diverting the product & selling it at higher price in Chad

It shows you the kind of people running this country. Someone exposed huge corruption in the system and all the country can pay him back with is throw him behind bars. What a country.

Nigeria is finished, what a failed nation

What? This is madness

What a country

I'm not surprised in any way. No matter what, the Supreme Court will will soon decide whether we will continue to live together as a country, or whether we will go our separate ways.

Why is the accuser in detention instead of the accused ? Some of the reasons MNK called this contraption a zoo

This is the kind of country we are living in. Honest people get punished for speaking the truth. How then can we grow as a society and what moral justification does the police, efcc etc have to arrest anybody?

Na wa oh

nigeria is a huge crime scene, the ruling class, npf,dss are all culprits. corruption is at its peak.

G_Samito Fvck!! I remember the video this guy made

And you wont start a free done for him movement .

This country no need good people.

These are the issues🤦🏽‍♀️

Yet a human being that God gave brains will choose to support this same government while looking for propaganda against Peter Obi who means good for the country, a man who is our only hope of liberation. Nobody will ever be arrested for speaking up if Obi leads, never! u know it

people should take Nigeria they way apc an buhari want it to be try an make Nigeria look bad always is on my mind ndi ara

And evil continues to thrive in Nigeria

Bro stay there ooh, because if you come out those you intend to spoil their business will come after you. That is the Nigeria we are now.

Yoruba ronu ooo

'Freedom of speech, until the speech is truth'

A reflection of the current status of Nigeria 🇳🇬! 😢

And what are you going to do about it? Just report it and go to sleep?

This is the government that sowore is supporting.

Hmmm

Where is the law this is why they cannot see the real issue of the subsidy they want to remove it so the smuggling will be more profitable to them. Why this hero custom will be in jail for exposing the real rutted and corrupt personnel in charge and they say border closed

Then who is holding and why in detention something must be missing somewhere

He burst open their secret and they imprisoned him, he is a hero. Let Obi reclaim hid mandate, the guy will be released

Corruption is fighting back. This is the kind of country you want to still foister a Tinubu government upon. I can assure you that when Tinubu is done, there'll be no more Country.

This crooked government of Nigeria doesn't want to accept truth. They're only good in conniving attitude.

ChiloNnakaenyi Big crime is allowed ✅

Obed_Kvng They're trying to shut us up

Omo , I knew this one gon’ be there for long

Each side supporting its own criminals and wondering why “educated and cultured” citizens are supporting the other side! Educated people allowing ethnic and religious bigotry dictate their opinions rather than competence, character and capacity! Nigeria: Who bewitched you?

Apc we hail thee

In this useless country don't ever do good it's a taboo

Instead of accolades and garlands for his gallantry, he is detained for putting his country first, what a nation we have

thebardogbamola That’s the country WoleSoyinka is supporting the government under MBuhari OfficialAPCNg very shameful country Snakes swallowing money professors keeping silent 🤫 because they’re all beneficiaries nobody hears from officialEFCC StateDeptDSS about it 😂😂😂😂

YarKafanchan APC is evil... God deliver us from APC

Nigeria is a crime scene with the top government officials being the highest order of the syndicate

Wow...so they later picked this guy up after blowing the whistle

If something is not done soon We are all going to regret to be a Nigerian Corruption kills the light of a nation

But Obidents are fascists na.

Nigeria really?

This Nigeria 🇳🇬 where you most be corrupt in any public office if not they will kll you

Haaaa what kind of government is this?instead or reward, he’s shown the jail door..so much for exposing corrupt practices

What can we do to help him regain his freedom?

YarKafanchan 'The Igbo custom officer' The very day the average NIGERIANs Understands that NIGERIA POLITICAL STRUCTURE is against HONEST people,d beta, unfortunately,we v so many OMOJUWAS and DIPOs,

Chai, what can be done to help this guy?

The real fraudulent contraption at play

If I were in the Nigerian force, perhaps I would have been killed cause I won't see evil then keep quiet... Evil corrupt leaders must be put to shame...

I remember bumping into this video randomly wtf

Imagine.....SET HIM FREEEEEEE

I remember this video 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

This custom officer was thrown into jail because he stopped gas tankers from illegally crossing the border into a neighbouring country. His superiors called him to let the fraud and corruption be but he refused and that was his crime. SenateDems NRSC CNN CNNPolitics

Instead of being promoted, he is in detention. What a country!

All the people that like to speak has lost their voice, where is Wole Soyinka? Where is MoghaluKingsley where is fkeyamo where is realFFK ? The last two names are Mumu adult goats in human form, I kukuma don’t expect anything good from the 2 Agbaya

Just few days ago, I remembered this man and the video he posted then and wondered if all was well with him. Ahhh, this country can never disapoint me.

anna_lrig

Just imagine. 😡

airegiN 🤔 🤷🏾‍♀️🙆🏽‍♂️

ruffydfire

InibeheEffiong

The. Officer who arrested Charles tailor in brono state was recommended for sack not for awards. Today he is nobody. U can't betray Ur pay master, being in service and going against the ethics of the job is suicidal. Sometimes silent is golden in Nigeria. God help us.

What this man saw at his post tormented him that he lost it and had to speak up, unfortunately it was in a country that gags the truth and reward illegality..I hope he's released soon🙏🏽🙏🏽

jibrinSAN InibeheEffiong how long shall we continue like this 💔

He is not in anyway behave educated in that video..pardon my view pls

They are detaining him on what grounds? Why have they not taken him to court if they have a case against him. pls keep on this story till he regains freedom

La_penguine PeterObi

He committed blasphemy

So they are detaining this man, Oh my NIGERIA many have gone. Dat time they're saying that they paid dis and dat amount in subsidy, the man's only crime is doing the right thing. What a country

It's a pity

Government that sees black and call it white

“You only strive for power when you have evil intentions. Otherwise Love is enough to get things done.” Crying right now

If you want to be a whistle blower in Nigeria just do it anonymous make sure u are safe

You see the country we leave na

Imagine

Weather we like it or not, no human being on earth can fix Nigeria and that is just the bitter truth.

This our country na wa ohh!!

Wow I remembered this guy so when you speak the truth in Nigeria they put you behind bars smh!

Where are the elders?

Ferdina22444189 Please this is not funny, can someone help this Custom officer out, How can someone be arrested by exposing crime, when you are rule by crime people, exposing crime become a crime. The most protected people in this country are the corrupt ones.

Part 2

This movie explains what's happening in Nigeria

aonanuga1956 please take note He must be release immediately after May 29.

Omo this country is not a sane place….

That's why it's a ZOO, never a country. Nig is a big ZOO company owned by the British government that's the reason when millions of people are being killed on daily besses what matters to them is your oil and gas they keep on playing the game of 1 Nig.

Nigerian news is the worse to read, like you will get confused at first.🤦

A friend raised his issue a few days ago. So, seeing the news now just says a lot about the rot in Nigeria.

This is so disheartening!

Probably the authority is very busy making sure that justice is done. Man, persevere, you may not suffer at last.

Abraham93266171 Evil 👿 government. When you do the right thing, they come after you. Why smuggling petrol to neighbouring countries when Nigerians can’t get fuel? Exposing evil is a crime to Nigerian government. A man to be honoured is now being dishonoured. Irony of life.

Sad ..... The agbados are not seeing this . The buharist are not seeing this. The Obidents are not seeing this. How do we get a better Nigeria if our institutions are not working? This is one of the reasons why we need a new Nigeria. A fresh breath we are suffocating oooo

Structure of criminality are at it. We we talk they will call us fascist. Wicked people

This country is gone, someone we should be celebrating

We fight not against flesh and blood but principalities and powers headquartered in Nigeria.

Thiefnubu media zombies are happy with this development. The ones that claim to be pastors in govt are happier. To them it's In God's will since the officer has exposed their illegality.

Sound sultan ft MI- I want to be like Moses show my people dem to the promise land until I notice something say, people were try am done dey underground, I see dem I ja, lookin from far, me I fear this govament ppl.

Who is saying Nigeria wil be better?stop to dey whine urself.

babaj1de Nigeria is just not it

They will always arrest the good eggs among them. We can't wait for our mandate to be recovered

That is Nigeria for you , if you stand for truth you will be hated even by the people you are fighting for , agbadorians wont comment against it because it's the structure of criminality they are defending

You all under this tweet said that NNAMDI KANU IS THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA THAT HE SHOULD BE JAIL

If this one come out if he see airplane land ontop of roof he no wo open his mouth…this is just ways to silence other from exposing the remaining holes

This is not rrue

One Nigeria. A! P!! C!!! All Political Crim¡nals.

I’m proudly an African, but not really proud of being a Nigerian.

Nigeria!!

That is NIGERIA your publisher support

in this shithole, where the country only pretend to be fighting corruption, na bad people doing bad things dey enjoy pass, good people are mostly suffering

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