•Schoolchildren, workers, others stranded
•Customs: We are not aware
By Kennedy Mbele
For several months now, residents and motorists, among others, plying Ota-Idiroko Road in Ogun State have been having it rough as smugglers bringing in rice, turkey and groundnut oil from Republic of Benin have been blocking the highway at will, thereby disrupting vehicular traffic.
Some residents in the area said this was the height of the illicit trade that causes government to lose revenue and discourages local production of rice.
