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Coordinates: 6°22′55″N 2°43′20″E

Seme Border

Seme Border

Seme Border shown within Nigeria

Coordinates: 6°22′55″N 2°43′20″E

Country Nigeria

State Lagos State

Division Badagry Division

LGA Badagry LGA

Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

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Seme Border is a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin, thirty minutes
drive from Badagry on the coastal road between Lagos and Cotonou. Seme is a
part of Badagry Division of Lagos State. With the present political division in the
state, it is under Badagry -West Local council development area (LCDA).
A new multilateral facility for the border post was formally opened on 23
October 2018.[1][2][3]
At least three times in the 2005-2009 period violence has broken out in the
border town, with fatal consequences.[4][5] It is reportedly a regular occurrence for
Nigerian officials to harass travelers for money at the border or at checkpoints
along the road leading from the border.[6][7] The drive time between Badagry and
Seme border has been tripled by the presence of these illegal checkpoints
instituted to extort travelers. Of particular mention are the Immigration officers
who engage in daylight robbery. The border post is poorly organized, without
proper vehicle routing and inspection stations. Some of the Nigerian positions
have been inside Beninese territory since April 6, 2001. This confusion is
exploited by smugglers.[8] Seme is a major crossing point for immigrants
entering or leaving Nigeria illegally, and for smugglers of marijuana and other
illegal goods due to its porousity.[9]
SON unveils Seme Border operations to check influx of substandard products
and also the Seme border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS,
collected N701.5 million as revenue in August 2017 and recently they generated
N1.1 billion in September 2017 [10] .[11] It is however sad to note that this
settlement has been in utter darkness for more than a decade. It lacks all social
amenities as it has been neglected by the government in every respect.
Today dated October 17, 2017, Federal Government to lift the ban on
importation of used vehicles through the borders as the president and chairman
of the board, saying it was against Association of Registered Freight
Forwarders Nigeria, ARFFN's constitution to lay embargo on vehicles brought
into Nigeria economy [12]