Government agency desperate for more revenue has taken a new dimension as THE OBSERVERS TIMES can authoritatively confirm that a day after Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) raided some top car markets in Lagos,repeated the same in Abuja.
Heavenly armed angry looking Custom officers raided in a Hotel were guess privacy was intruded at FRASER SUITES in Abuja preventing foreign diplomats and guests lodged in the Hotel from going out, ordering the staff to wake guests up from sleep to identify their cars and evidence of Custom duty.
The eye witness, Mr Mattew Wamad confirmed the development on his twitter handle as a guests whose car too was searched,THE OBSERVERS TIMES who visited the scene early hour of the day spotted three customs patrol vehicles marked Zone B, Federal Operation Unit and Strike Force Unit blocking the entrance to the hotel.
The armed operatives numbering over 12 impounded 11 vehicles which were mainly Toyota, Lexus and Mercedes Benz.
The vehicles were also said not to have customs duty documents.
Some of them include a black Toyota Prado SUV with number Rsh500R; a Benz SUV matkee Gwa665RZ; a Lexus SUV marked Eky650FA; a Benz E Class with number ABC 592 Tm and a Toyota Prado marked Abj 704CH.
Top management employees of the hotel could be seen pleading with customs officers to please move away from the gate.
The adamant customs officials were said to be acting under the instruction of the comptroller of the unit.
“The affected guests include some soldiers who are lodging in the place.
“They are harassing guests and ordering hotel workers to wake guests up from sleep to identify their cars.
“Such barbaric actions have never been seen even during Abacha days” One of the management staffs said