Border Closure: Customs seizes N500m goods in Kwara

Date: 2020-01-17

The Nigeria Customs Service says it has seized goods worth over N500 million from smugglers across the borders in Kwara from Aug. 20, 2019, to date.

Mr Mohammed Garba, the Joint Border Operation Drill Coordinator in Charge of North Central States, Sector 3 Ilorin, announced this at a news conference on the seizure of contrabands on Thursday in Ilorin.

The coordinator said that the Sector 3 intensified effort had led to evidential records of seizure.

The seizures include 12 trailers of rice, 52 different types of used vehicles and other vehicles used for conveying contraband goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV).

"During the period under review, 204 illegal migrants were repatriated. "They include 100 Nigerians, three Malians and two Chinese.

"We have so far recorded 124 seizures with total DPV of N568,763,380," he said.

The comptroller said that the Federal Government on Aug. 20, 2019, partially closed all land borders for the betterment of the nation's economy, the security of citizens and for our neighbouring countries to abide by ECOWAS Protocols.

"Part of our mandate is to stop fuel supply to 20 kilometres radius to border communities, the mandate which we will implement to latter," he said.

The coordinator also recalled that the Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, paid a courtesy visit to his office on the scarcity of fuel being experienced at the border Communities.

"We promised to visit all the affected border communities.

"We visited and sensitised the border communities, traditional rulers, rural dwellers, IPMAN and other critical stakeholders on the benefits of the border closure."

Garba said that during the visit, only three trucks carrying petroleum products were found to have genuine documents and did not operate within 20 kilometres radius.

"They were unconditionally released to the owners.

"We want to re-echo this for the umpteenth time that the border closure is not targeted at any individual, group of persons or any community but for the protection of the nation's economy.

"The current Customs administration, under the able leadership of Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) and his management team, has zero-tolerance for corruption," Garba said.

He said that smuggling was a crime and that the Customs would continue to treat those who engage in it as criminals.

"We will continue to police our area of operations in line with the federal government directives on the partial closure of our national borders," he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ridwan Agboola     Bolakale Ayo     Onilu     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Baboko     Adewuyi Funmilayo     ER-KANG Mining     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Adanla-Irese     Ahmad Uthman     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Idiagbon     Charles Ibitoye     Idowu Laro     Matthew Babaoye     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Hassan Saliu     Ojuekun     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Dunmade     KWSIEC     Yinka Aluko     Justina Oha     Sunday Otokiti     Oluranti Idowu     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Overland     Idris Amosa Saidu     Idris Garuba     Obuh     National Party Of Nigeria     Timothy Akangbe     Wahab Egbewole     Sa\'adu Gambari     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Turaki     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Modibo Kawu     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Isau     Irepodun     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Gbenga Olawepo     Ado Bayero     Maigida     Dele Momodu     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Abubakar Aliagan     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Congress For National Consensus     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Muyideen Ajani Bello     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Ballah     Doyin Awoyale     Shehu Jimoh     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Sarah Jubril     Emir Of Lafiagi     CLAY POT     African Democratic Congress     Ayo Opadokun     Ilorin South Constituency     Idofin     Oni Adebayo     Tafida Of Kaiama     Radio SBS     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Raymond Olaitan     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Lawan     Sa\'adu Salahu     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Babaita    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Razaq Atunwa     Kwara Central     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     IYA YUSUF     Bursary     AbdulRahman Saad     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     IEDPU     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Olofa Of Offa     Kwara Liberation Group     Laboratory-to-Product     GAMA     Pilgrims Board     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     TIC     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Sobi Hill     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Kolo     Dogara     United Nigeria Airline     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Abatemi Usman     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Idi-Ape     Dagbalodo     FOMWAN     Mohammed Danjuma     UITH     Kwara Apc     Makama     Wahab Abayawo     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Ademola Kiyesola     Budo Egba     Vasolar Consortium     Saad Omo Iya     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Wole Oke     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Shururat Olatinwo     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Frootify     Ibrahim Bio     Funmilayo Oniwa     Saliu Tunde Bello     Mamman Saba Jibril     Ojo Fadumila     Olabanji Orilonishe     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Yusuf Abubakar     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Christopher Ayeni     Teachers Specific Allowance     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     HICA     Modibbo Kawu     Aisha Gobir     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     SWAN     Tsaragi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Kwara TV     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Umar Ahmed Gunu     A.O. Belgore     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Ope Saraki     Sobi FM     Omu Aran