Cross-border exchanges between Benin and its neighbor Nigeria are undermined by some irregularities. On Monday, June 21, 2021, through the Nigerian site Shipsandports, the vice-president of the Nigerian Institute of Navigation (NIS), Segun Elufioye-Johnson denounced acts of fraud taking place on the Sèmes-Lagos border road

At the heart of these malpractices are police, customs, the joint military border patrol, and immigration officials. The NIS chief said that extortion on the busy commercial route has intensified due to the proliferation of several security agencies on the road. According to him, in other West African countries, there is only one checkpoint at their borders, unlike what is happening in Nigeria. Elufioye-Johnson said there were up to 30 checkpoints set up by Nigerian security agencies from the border from Sèmè to Okokomaiko in

“Police, customs, immigration, civil defense, military officials and even “locals” and several others who don't belong on the roads ransom users. This only happens in the southwest, as roads leading to the border in other parts of the country don't have as many checkpoints,” says Elufioye-Johnson. For example, he notes, the road to the Ikom border has only one checkpoint. Even on the busy border of Jibya in Katsina State, there are no such barriers and extortion as is observed in the southwest