Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Economic
Community of West African States Commission to prevail on Nigeria
to open its land borders.
Falana, who made this call in his letter dated November 12, 2019
and addressed to the President, ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude
Kassi, however, asked the commission to first end smuggling of
goods from the Benin Republic to Nigeria.
He said in the letter a tripartite meeting on the border closure
matter between Nigeria, Benin and Niger had been scheduled to hold
in Abuja today.
He said notwithstanding the outcome of the meeting and
subsequent ones between Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger,
Nigeria and Togo ministers of trade and finance, the ECOWAS
Commission should enter into dialogue with Benin on the need to
tackle smuggling and other transborder crimes as required by
several protocols of the body.
The senior lawyer pointed out that the ownership stake of Benin
President Patrice Talon in a private company, Benin Control, which
is in charge of the management of the Port of Cotonou, was impeding
the company’s ability to discharge its duty of combating smuggling
and other transborder crimes.
He also asked the ECOWAS Commission to fast-track the deployment
of the Task Force on Free Movement of Goods and Persons to arrest
and prosecute the powerful smugglers operating in Benin and
Nigeria.
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