Customs seized N5.2 billion goods in six week
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ has seized prohibited goods worth over N5.2 billion in the last six weeks.
Its Area Controller Kola Oladeji, broke the news in Lagos yesterday.
He said donkey skin worth more than N4 billion and other prohibited items, including cannabis sativa. 21, exotic cars were intercepted by the operatives of the Service.
His words: “Our intelligence network has been of immense contribution to our success as well as the collaborative contributions of relevant security Agencies which has recorded remarkable success in our anti-smuggling campaign.”Related News
During the period under review, he said: “Our men exhibited strict professional conduct and relentless effort in enforcing the provisions of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 as it relates to import, export, revenue, security of lives and properties across the borders of the Southwestern states.
“It is worthy of note to mention items seized for investigation between December 25 and February 4 as follows:
“A very peculiar arrest is the 1x40ft Container loaded with 4,410 of dry donkey Skin with a Street Value of N4,235,790,464.64.’’
While commending the Officer in charge of the Export Team for exhibiting a high level of diligence and integrity by rejecting every attempt made by faceless individuals to compromise the process, he said: “It is no gain saying that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) prohibits Trade in vulnerable species. With the slaughtering of over 4,00 donkeys and attempt to smuggle them out of the country, CITES has been violated and we shall investigate thoroughly to unmask the unscrupulous individuals behind this act.The arrested Cannabis Sativa weighing 1,378kg will be handed over to the relevant government agency for further investigation.’’
