20 Foot Container With Suspected Toxic Waste Abandoned In Lagos

 

A 20 foot container suspected to include toxic waste has been deserted at Berger Suya bus forestall, along the Cocoanut – Mile2 end (near the pedestrian bridge) of the Oshodi/Apapa freeway.

The specialised container with wide variety TLLU 2813171is loaded with already rusting drums stacked six drums wide and 5 drums excessive. When Vanguard visited the site of the box the day prior to this, the truck head has been eliminated leaving the frame weighted down with the consignment.

Vanguard findings revealed that the truck, whose plate variety has also been eliminated, may have been parked there for long term.

Vanguard discovered that about 15 drums had been eliminated, sparking fears that the consignment may additionally had been pilfered.

An Executive member of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, who draw Vanguard’s attention to the field said he saw chemical-like substance dropping from the consignment and he remembered the well-known Koko incident.

According to the source, some human beings around there to assist open the door which was ajar on the time.

After Vanguard’s go to to the website, the Public Relations Officer of Tin-can Island Command, Uche Ejesieme and his counterpart at Apapa Area1 Command, Abubakar Usman, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, were contacted to envision which port the consignment turned into cleared from.

Ejesieme informed Vanguard that it become now not viable to check the port from wherein the consignment changed into cleared by way of simply the box quantity, noting that the deliver which introduced the box needs to be recognized.

However, Usman requested that Vanguard send him the container number to help him get information however he did no longer select his calls afterwards.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, Amaka Ejiofor, stated she would consult and get again to Vanguard however but did not as at the time of going to press.

However, an reputable of NESREA who spoke with Vanguard said for each suspected consignment of issue to the Agency on the port; is commonly introduced to their attention by means of officers of the NCS.

The legitimate puzzled why they did not get any notification from Customs.

Effort to reach the spokesperson of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Christy Obiazikwuo, turned into unsuccessful as she could not be reached on telephone, neither did she respond to a textual content message despatched to her.