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What offense did we commit in Nigeria to deserve this kind of backward treatment.

BlackAfrican:
This is why Buhari said everybody should be law abiding.

Most Nigerians are just lawless and looking for way to either cheat themselves or cheat the government.

You'll have money to import a luxurious car but you won't want to pay duties or taxes on it.

Customs should jejely auction off the cars.

you will buy a car of 500K then pay duties of about 300K ar u making sense at all...

u said buhari said we should be law abiding citizen, now tell me how many times has he disobey court order

Collins4u1:
How can custom go to hotel to impound cars. What nonsense... They will soon start going to houses.

They have being going to houses lately. It happened in lagos

prinsam30:
s[s]eriously guys this government is bent on destroying everything left of this country, how can u collect over 300% as custom duties, this is wickedness of the highest order, just crippling people's businesses in the name of paying loyalty [/s]

Lies.

realmetrah:


do business with these guy at your own risk. he will take your money without delivering. FRAUD.....

Majority of them are,

prinsam30:



you will buy a car of 500K then pay duties of about 300K ar u making sense at all...

u said buhari said we should be law abiding citizen, now tell me how many times has he disobey court order

You bought a car for 500k, you refuse to pay duties but you put 2.1 million Naira as price tag.

God will judge you.

RZArecta2:
This is what happens when a burukutu sipping drunkard appoints a gworo chewing maga as customs DG yet you wonder why businesses are running to Ghana and other African countries

people like u needs brain evaluation ' just listen to ur sef. hope its well connected cos ur brain is on a very low current.
if there is no NEPA light pls on ur generator and recharge.

Commentor:


You bought a car for 500k, you refuse to pay duties but you put 2.1 million Naira as price tag.

God will judge you.

that's why it's called business for a reason

you enriched ursef with tax payers money and subjected ur citizen to nothing by crippling their businesses...

God will also judge u

prinsam30:




that's why it's called business for a reason

And that's why customs have the right to impound such cars.

That's why they are government.

BOBAN2710 post=82790872[s:
]people like u needs brain evaluation ' just listen to ur sef. hope its well connected cos ur brain is on a very low current.
if there is no NEPA light pls on ur generator and recharge[/s].

Good job, keep it up! Illegality must stop in this country! If you'd asked them, they would have bluntly told you the country isn't working...how will it work when you're contributing your fair share of illegality and impunity!!
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Someone is afraid of Fraser Suites. This hotel is fast outstripping Transcorp. Just last week during the bankers conference at Transcorp over 90% guests at the event stayed at Fraser Suites

Someone is really worried and trying to bring down this hotel masterpiece

If custom has information about smuggled vehicles they do not need to use a commando style to raid the hotel and wake up guests. Such barbaric approach is designed to tarnish the reputation of the hotel. Neither do they need to barricade the hotel. They could easily go in and seize the vehicles

Leaking this raid to the media is also designed to attack the brand of Fraser. Orishirishi something

Always customs duty!

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Collins4u1:
How can custom go to hotel to impound cars. What nonsense... They will soon start going to houses.

Yes. I hope they will. It happens everywhere in the world. No reasonable goverment will tolerate economic sabotage.

seriously guys this government is bent on destroying everything left of this country, how can u collect over 300% as custom duties, this is wickedness of the highest order, just crippling people's businesses in the name of paying loyalty[color=#006600][/color]


What importers pay as duty on cars in Naija is less than 40% of the sum of buying and shipment cost, unless if you are bringing in bullet proof car that will attract more.

Toks2008:
Funny...

Customs have the right to impound regardless of where the vehicles are EVEN AFTER CROSSING THE BORDERS...The question we should be asking is how did the vehicles through the borders in the first instance if we have an effective custom service?

In most cases, it is the same custom service that allows smugglers to through the borders and then turn around to seize same items after collecting huge bribe to allow them ...

This is why smugglers kill customs anyhow.

Oga if u have been to the border area of Kwara state, den u won't be saying this things u just said. I am not going to ask you to compare others states like Ogun, Lagos, Katsina, Sokoto..... There re places whereby by smugglers we drive into Nigeria wit a toks, till he gets to Ilorin, he will beat all security check points on the road.
U guys really don't know Wat these customs officers go through in the bush. U think its just fun to go work in the border area whereby dey won't give u money for logistics but u hv to obey orders and report to ur duty post?. Not even considering the hazards to encounter wen carrying out your duty.
Customs is the least paid paramilitary job in Nigeria [make ur findings], and u expect officers to use this same salary to take care of themselves in d bush as well as their family [this is why dey compromise sometimes]. I hv seen an officer who told me dat to get to his duty post from his house, he spends nothing less than 15k just to leave Abuja and travels to his place of assignment. The journey na 2 days. Not to even mention d enduring hours on bike through d bush [3hours on bike].

My point here is dat, d whole system has been like dat right from time. We have a lot of porous border. That's why most of dis smuggling activities is difficult to contain. As the saying goes "e get who dem go put sugar for him mouth wey go spit am out"?.

manontree:
Someone is afraid of Fraser Suites. This hotel is fast outstripping Transcorp. Just last week during the bankers conference at Transcorp over 90% guests at the event stayed at Fraser Suites

Someone is really worried and trying to bring down this hotel masterpiece

If custom has information about smuggled vehicles they do not need to use a commando style to raid the hotel and wake up guests. Such barbaric approach is designed to tarnish the reputation of the hotel. Neither do they need to barricade the hotel. They could easily go in and seize the vehicles

Leaking this raid to the media is also designed to attack the brand of Fraser. Orishirishi something

Indeed the style may be questionable but the intent is noble. If Fraser Suites is willingly harbouring smuggled goods it tarnishes itself.

If management is oblivious of the infraction then it should sack its security staff for collusion. It does itself no favours by blowing this out of proportion because terrorists will be watching and wondering at how easy it could be to smuggle more devious items into a so called top rated hotel seeking to trump the Hilton.

BlackAfrican:
This is why Buhari said everybody should be law abiding.

Most Nigerians are just lawless and looking for way to either cheat themselves or cheat the government.

You'll have money to import a luxurious car but you won't want to pay duties or taxes on it.

Customs should jejely auction off the cars.

Is buhari law abiding?

changeskc:


Oga if u have been to the border area of Kwara state, den u won't be saying this things u just said. I am not going to ask you to compare others states like Ogun, Lagos, Katsina, Sokoto..... There re places whereby by smugglers we drive into Nigeria wit a toks, till he gets to Ilorin, he will beat all security check points on the road.
U guys really don't know Wat these customs officers go through in the bush. U think its just fun to go work in the border area whereby dey won't give u money for logistics but u hv to obey orders and report to ur duty post?. Not even considering the hazards to encounter wen carrying out your duty.
Customs is the least paid paramilitary job in Nigeria [make ur findings], and u expect officers to use this same salary to take care of themselves in d bush as well as their family [this is why dey compromise sometimes]. I hv seen an officer who told me dat to get to his duty post from his house, he spends nothing less than 15k just to leave Abuja and travels to his place of assignment. The journey na 2 days. Not to even mention d enduring hours on bike through d bush [3hours on bike].

My point here is dat, d whole system has been like dat right from time. We have a lot of porous border. That's why most of dis smuggling activities is difficult to contain. As the saying goes "e get who dem go put sugar for him mouth wey go spit am out"?.

You just paraphrased my stance...nothing different from what I wrote.

Where was custom officers when they are bringing in the cars,they brought in the cars from the border which is guarded by custom officer,God help us in this country

Criticaltemp:
Why are these customs people on rampage like these. So because the borders are closed u guys are now going everywhere looking for the least victims to extort from.. O God why.. God will judge u people.. People r suffering n u people r adding more suffering to them.. Before it was car stands now hotels. Stupid people..

If you paid the correct duty, you have a case.
If your clearing Agent underpaid the duty for your car, please get him arrested ASAP.

RZArecta2:
This is what happens when a burukutu sipping drunkard appoints a gworo chewing maga as customs DG yet you wonder why businesses are running to Ghana and other African countries

Oho dai!

Pay duty if you dont want the embarrassment.

People like you who non payment of duties are the reason Nigeria is not progressing.

If you donot know what is right or wrong, you actually do not deserve to have a voters card in the first place.

layheanks:
Where was custom officers when they are bringing in the cars,they brought in the cars from the border which is guarded by custom officer,God help us in this country

Truth be told, Customs are not responsible for policing our borders. Our customs are under the ministry of Finance, the fact that they carry guns is for anti smuggling prevention but the real border control should either be under the ministry of defence or interior.

Nigeria needs an armed border control.

adanny01:


[s]Oho dai!

Pay duty if you dont want the embarrassment.

People like you who non payment of duties are the reason Nigeria is not progressing.

If you donot know what is right or wrong, you actually do not deserve to have a voters card in the first place[/s].

@DavidHundeyin

“Sending armed men to invade a hotel outside their jurisdiction and potentially create a diplomatic incident by violating every international protocol to hold foreign diplomats hostage while demanding for vehicle paperwork.

All of this to...boost local production...

I'm a what?”



This is the crux of the matter and why I won’t bother replying brainless zombies tagging me, they’re too stüpid to bother myself with

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Indeed the style may be questionable but the intent is noble. If Fraser Suites is willingly harbouring smuggled goods it tarnishes itself.

If management is oblivious of the infraction then it should sack its security staff for collusion. It does itself no favours by blowing this out of proportion because terrorists will be watching and wondering at how easy it could be to smuggle more devious items into a so called top rated hotel seeking to trump the Hilton.

Hmmm! So the hotel should start requesting for custom duty papers of their guests' cars abi? I agree the hotel reputation is being targeted.

Collins4u1:
How can custom go to hotel to impound cars. What nonsense... They will soon start going to houses.

Custom FOU have every right to enter your house if you imported Rice or Unpaid cars duty in your house....

So your house na Small thing

Collins4u1:
How can custom go to hotel to impound cars. What nonsense... They will soon start going to houses.

Yes. To rid your home off contrabands. #PayYourDuty