The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) at the weekend shut down seven courier and logistics companies in Abuja for operating without licences.

Postmaster General/NIPOST’s CEO Dr. Ismail Adewusi said the clampdown was in continuation of enforcement activities, which the agency started in Lagos, to ensure sanity in the industry.

He said the operation was carried out over the weekend after diligent investigations and discovered that the seven illegal couriers were operating without licenses.

The postmaster expressed concerns about the activities of these illegal operators in Nigeria saying that they amount to economic sabotage and lack of respect for the nation’s law.

He assured Nigerians that those arrested would be further investigate and prosecuted, if found culpable.

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NIPOST’s Head of Enforcement and Assistant General Manager in charge of Ethics, Complaints and Strategy, Mr. Banks Worimegbe, told reporters in Abuja that the team shut down the offices of the “illegal operators” after diligent investigations and discovery that they were operating without licences.

Mr. Worimegbe also said that six other illegal operators have been earmarked for clampdown as they are allegedly operating without licenses.