Goons don’t play with guns! A sonnet is different from a sonata!
As a matter of fact, a goon is not allowed to play with a gun. The cost is often either too high on him; or the environment.
However, the opposite is the case in Nigeria: here goons play with guns! Especially, when they seemingly want to celebrate a retired Army Colonel, who is also a Comptroller General of Customs (CGC).
Those who saw the CGC, Hameed Ali in Lagos on Thursday, in spite of the seriousness of the occasion, could see a ‘batch’ of satisfactory feelings, an unhidden ‘balls’ of accomplishment oozing out of him! No little thanks to the goons!
First, they shipped in 440 riffles sometimes in February 2017; and futilely attempted to clear in through the Tin Can Island Port Customs Command. They were caught! Call it bad business.
They took a step backward; went back to the drawing board, redrew the map, re-graphed and came back with 661 deadly rifles. This time, through the Apapa port. Again, they were caught!
Anyone with common sense at this point should understand that it was either the security situation in the port was being underrated or had changed.
Several observers are today blaming the Billionaire kidnapper (Or is it adultnapper?) Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, for singing like a parrot.
What they failed to realise was that Evans was endowed with Common Sense. He had the brains to move the streets, from a common two-pense criminal driver, to Magodo-dwelling billionaire kingpin! Evans knew the game was up. Evans is endowed with raw common sense!
Alh. Inde Dikko Abdullahi, Former Comptroller General Of Customs
Then came the month of September. Another batch of ammo sailed, even heavier batch than before, consisting of 1,100 pump action rifles was deposited again at Tin Can.
Read more…. Customs uncovers another 475 rifles in Lagos
The CGC called a press conference; to tell the world that he has moved the Lagos ports security to a higher level. Nigerians can go to bed and sleep with both eyes closed. He took all the credit.
But somebody somewhere, working in the dark room had not finish developing the ‘negatives’ let alone print the pictures. The Customs Area Controller, Bashar Yusuf, on an ingenious initiative, took to profiling, and came up with another batch of 470 deadly guns!
The goons are making the CGC popular. At this point, and with such feat, any CGC can look the Presidency in the eyes and override the Ease of doing Business order. It all depends now, on whatever the CGC wants!
Read more…. Shock, As Tin Can Customs Uncovers 1,100 Deadly Rifles
The principle in governance stipulates: Issues of State security always take preeminence over all issues of human rights or personal freedom! Can someone also highlight this to my friends in the IPOB?
Congratulations Ali. Again, Congratulations.
Ali is working on a two- layer security arrangement. First, a reinforced layer of the general Customs procedure. Then, the second layer, put in place, by the Customs Intelligence Unit.
Actually, the former CGC, Dikko Inde Abdullahi installed a three-layer security arrangement. The third is the ‘deadly’, mobile and ubiquitous CG Taskforce! They move like shadows. They bring intimidating results. Smugglers can hardly hope you escape the three layers!
Congratulations Dikko! Your steps have seemingly remained indelible too!
Without these, who knows? Perhaps, by now, cleaners would probably be unveiling rifles in dust bins in Tin Can!
Congratulations Nigerians!
May the President live forever!
