{"id":17339,"date":"2020-06-01T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:48:45","slug":"benue-task-force-intercepts-tanker-conveying-seven-almajiris-11-motorcycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17339","title":{"rendered":"Benue task force intercepts tanker conveying seven Almajiris, 11 motorcycles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Benue State Government through the State Action Committee on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a>, on Sunday intercepted an oil tanker loaded with seven persons and 11 motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the committee, Bemgba Iortyom, while speaking on the development, said the tanker was intercepted at the Agan area of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iortyom said: \u201cThe driver of the tanker has claimed that he is on his way to Lagos to load oil and only picked up the suspected\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/northern-governors-insist-on-repatriation-of-almajiris\/\">almajiris<\/a>\u00a0as passengers in Nasarawa State to be dropped in Edo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOfficials of the task force, however, reminded him that he was acting in violation of the federal ban on inter-state travel by conveying non-essential goods as well as illegal passengers\u201d, Iortyom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chairman of the COVID-19 committee, who is also the deputy governor of the state, Benson Abounu, however ordered that the tanker and its illegal cargo be turned back to Nasarawa State where it came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benue State Government through the State Action Committee on&nbsp;COVID-19, on Sunday intercepted an oil tanker loaded with seven persons and 11 motorcycles. A member of the committee, Bemgba Iortyom, while speaking on the development, said the tanker was intercepted at the Agan area of the state. 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A member of the committee, Bemgba Iortyom, while speaking on the development, said the tanker was intercepted at the Agan area of the state. 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