There is palpable tension in parts of Ogun and Lagos States following rumours of deadly rice currently in circulation.
Rumours contained in several WhatsApp voice notes alleged that a foreign trader invoked the spirit of Ogun deity on her two trucks of rice after the trucks were allegedly stolen and smuggled into the country.
Speakers in the various voice notes making the rounds alleged that the two stolen trucks of rice were smuggled into Nigeria from neighboring country through the Idiroko and the Seme borders.
Some Customs officers, an officer of the Nigerian Army and several others were rumoured to have died after buying or consuming the rice.
However, in a statement on Wednesday, the Nigerian Customs Service in Lagos and Ogun debunked the claims.
The Service declared that there was no deadly rice in circulation in any part of the country.
In a statement by the NCS, Seme Area Command, Public Relations Officer, Isah Sulaiman, described reports as entirely false, misleading, stressing that it did not reflect the reality of the matter.
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