A Nigerian customs officer has been caught on camera demanding N5,000 from a passenger at the airport before his luggage would be released....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
In the video, the customs officer is heard telling the passenger to pay the sum of N5,000 before she would allow him to pass with his luggage.
The passenger who was willing to offer only N1,000 said the customs officer did nothing for him to deserve the money she demanded.
The officer who didn’t hide her face is overheard saying: “Give me N5,000,” but the passenger replied, “I no get.”
“Okay, bring N3,000,” the customs officer said but the passenger again said he didn’t have the money.
Then she asked: “How much do you have?”
The passenger then gave her N1000 which she rejected.
The passenger is heard saying, “I no carry market, na foodstuffs I carry. I no dey give you money.”
The passenger then turned to another passenger and said, “I give am N1,000 but she said she would not collect.”
The customs officer is then seen moving the passenger’s luggage to a corner, suggesting she was going to delay him if he refused to offer the amount demanded.
The passenger is overheard shouting, “Mama, where you dey carry the bag go now? Leave am here. Mama, stop I don’t want to be rude here.”
She replied, “Rude ke, rude na, rude. Why are you giving me N1000? You give me N1000, for what?”
She further said, “Go ahead, what you sow is what you will reap. Go ahead. How can you give me N1000, for what? I will not collect anything less than N4,000 from you.”
Many Nigerians have expressed outrage on X over the action of the female customs officer attached to the airport.
However, SaharaReporters could not ascertain the day and airport where the incident occurred.
Reacting to this, an X user, Mac said he spent around N30,000 at the same airport because she was carrying foodstuffs.
“Spent around 30k sorting because I carried foodstuffs.. from the entrance they beg till you sit for plane. Just manipulating people because they know you will not want delay and miss your flight. Just give them and move on cos if you dey find justice na online he dey not offline. Make we dey manage the country, tho i no dey naija but make we dey manage am like that,” Mac wrote.
