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A Nigerian air traveller has taken to Facebook to share her experience after an encounter with customs officers at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

Adaeze Udenzi, who came into the country on a British Airways flight from London, expressed shock at the treatment she received after her personal effects were seized at the entry point.
Here’s her post:

“Good afternoon my dear friends! Hope we are keeping well. I want to share my experience yesterday morning at the Abuja International Airport so you all are in the know of what is going on in our country, NIGERIA.

“I arrived Abuja from London yesterday October 18, 2019, at about 4.30 am with ONE pair of trainers and ONE mini boy bag bought at the duty-free shop in Heathrow (Please see pictures below). For the records, I am a banker. I am not a trader.

“To my shock, Customs at Abuja airport headed by one Ms Essien and T. Abdulrahman said these do not qualify as personal effects and calculated duty payment of about N175,000 for me to pay. Most shocking to me was that I was the only passenger on that flight BA 083 from London that was singled out for this treatment.

“My question now is, what are Nigerians able to buy when they travel? Ms Essien says that Nigerians are only entitled to N50,000 worth of goods. Everything above N50,000 is considered luxury and dutiable.

“I pointed out to her that someone who had shoes had just been released by the same Customs without any charge and to my shock, she said that...
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Who will bail us out of this oppression by the animals in power? She could have easily bribed or begged, but for how long are we going to continue like this? Somebody should do something about customs and their excesses... it's getting embarrassing

Maybe the traveler left the price tag on the items unbeknownst to her how untoward some customs/ immigration officers can be. The Nigerian needs to clean up its international airports because the bare-faced corruption, intimidation and harrassment going on there stink to high heavens.