The management of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) has vowed to clamp down on unregistered courier service providers in Osun State, assuring its readiness to sanitise the business in the state.
This is as it revealed that the state has over 500 illegal courier and logistics operators.
Speaking at a day clampdown operation against illegal courier and logistics operators in Osun State, the General Manager of the Courier and Logistics Department (NIPOST), Mr. Dotun Sonde, declared that the activities of the illegal operators have been endangering the lives of people.
According to him, findings revealed that some illegal operators were being used for illicit drugs and arms movement, putting the lives and properties of residents at risk.
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According to Sonde, “Many people just need to know that most of the unlicensed, unregistered, illegal operators engage in unethical practices.
“For instance, some of these illegal operators carry small arms and ammunition, some carry illicit drugs, and some carry despicable things that I don’t want to start mentioning here, sex toys and others. This is because they are not traceable, they are not registered, and they are not licensed.
“For security risk that people are exposed to, of course, people will use them, people of like minds who want to perpetrate criminality would make use of them. They won’t find policemen stopping them, opening their boxes, but what they conceal inside is actually alarming.”
Asked about the statistics of illegal courier operators in the state, Sonde further said, “Based on postal statistics and surveillance, the market intelligence we have done, in Osun State alone, we have over 500 illegal courier operators. You can see that we are just scratching the surface, and this is the first time we are conducting this enforcement activity in Osun State, which means that we are just getting started.”
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