Covid-19: Fear as Lagos bound truck drivers caught smuggling Northerners in tomatoes consignment from Kano

By Dansu Peter 

There's palpable fear in Lagos and other southwest states in Nigeria over further spread of Coronavirus as some northern youths were caught hidden in tomatoes consignment from Kano state to Lagos. 

According to Nigerian Tribune , fear is mounting in Lagos n Lagos State over the possibility of a second major outbreak of coronavirus as truck drivers moving farm produce from Kano have been accused of smuggling passengers from the Northern state into Lagos, hiding them among huge tomato consignments

Our source stated that the alleged smuggling of passengers from Kano, whose COVID-19 status are unknown, into Lagos is causing panic and uproar in the south-western state.

A similar situation between Osun and Zamfara states which saw indigenes of the latter being packed alongside goods from the North to the south-western state has witnessed a flurry of unpleasant official exchanges between the governments of the two states.

Kaduna and Kano also recently engaged in a brief spat over same issue after a truck from Kano was caught by Kaduna officials at the border trying to smuggle in young boys suspected to be almajirai.