Clearing agents under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) have decried the high level of extortion and over 260 security checkpoints along Seme and Idiroko borders.
This is even as they said Policemen now turned to money agents as they give out cash to people who are in need of money and collect transfer in return.
When reporters visited the two border posts recently, there were over 260 checkpoints mounted by various security personnel, including Police, Immigration, Civil Defense and others, which motorists and clearing agents described as embarrassing situation to Nigeria as a country.
They lamented that the extortion and illegal checkpoints are hindering movement of transit cargoes both inward and outward of the borders.
Among the security personnel along the borders, Police has the highest checkpoints. For instance, at Seme border, Police has over 80 checkpoints alone on the inward part of the border.
