In what appeared to be payback over Nigeria’s closure of some borders in 2019, the Government of the Republic of Benin has stopped 3,700 Nigerian-bound cargo-laden trucks from Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo at Ilakoji border, the border between Togo and the Benin Republic. This development has left over 3,700 Nigeria-bound trucks laden with transit goods worth several billions of Naira trapped between Togo and the Benin Republic. The Benin Republic Controller told me it is a verbal directive and that they have to comply with it. “I don’t see any reason why the Benin Republic is blocking borders because it has never happened before. Border closure retaliation: AfCFTA threatened as Benin Republic stops 3,700 Nigerian-bound cargo-laden-trucks

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 12, 2021 10:18 UTC