Oo Nwoye

5/ Then they instructed the person in my passenger's seat "GO TO THE BACK" and I told me to enter my car and come with them (while one of them would seat in the passenger's seat). I then said "Ok, let me call my people and tell them SARS is taking me". "CUT THAT PHONE" they

6/ commanded.While this was happening some Customs officers came out and wanted me to "leave the front of our office". I name dropped Hamid Ali and they calmed down. Next thhing the SARS people said to me "ENTER THAT VEHICLE" I looked up and saw a minibus painted in Danfo...

7/ ...Yellow with and the Black lines to match. No plate number. I told them while shouting that there is no way I would be intering that.

8/ More people began to gather as I continued my shouting. Thenone of them said "come first" I responded I am not coming anywhere. Insisting everything should be done in public. They asked for an ID card and I showed them my driver's licence. He now threatened to slap me.

9/ Asked that I come with them again but I still refused to enter their unmarked vehicle. They seemed unsure of what to do next so they asked me to go. I said I was not going and would rather stay put (obviously to prevent being accosted away from the Customs office).

10/ So they murmured and then grudgingly left. I waited a bit before I left.

11/ The dangerous thing about SARS is that they are not under the command of the Commissioner of Police who itself is not under the command of the Governor. So I am at a loss to whom I am to give a report to?

12/ Perhaps the Senate or the house can look into this because these fellows that accosted me could easily have been kidnappers or armed robbers. If I wasn't at that location or if it was at night, the story could easy have been different.