Minister exposes security operatives at checkpoints

• Laments extortions at security roadblocks • Says truck drivers pay N1.2m bribes across 700 checkpoints

From Sola Ojo, Abuja

The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiga, has decried the existence of 700 checkpoints where truck drivers conveying agricultural products are forced to pay an average of N1.2 million per trip, hence the high cost of meat in the market.