Customs boss to economic saboteurs: Look for legitimate means of survival

National coordinator, Operation Whirlwind, Comptroller HK Ejibunu has advised economic saboteurs to look for legitimate means of survival rather than illicit business.

He gave the advice Wednesday in Yola during a press briefing on the successes of the operation in Adamawa/Taraba command.

Comptroller Ejibunu said the operation whirlwind since its maiden press conference in Yola, promised to bring the operations of cartel/ smugglers to book and reduce their activities in Nigeria.

According to the Comptroller, ” today marks a milestone in our fight against smuggling of Premium Motor Sprit ( PMS) across Nigeria borders”.

” Last week our team was able to curtail the activities of these economic saboteurs in the Adamawa/Tataba area command with a total seizure of 41, 425 liters of PMS with a DPV at N48. 547,500 about to be taken to neighboring countries.

Comptroller Ejibunu noted these feet could not have been possible without the support of the Office of the National Security Adverser (ONSA) and other security agencies.

He added that the PMS products were intercepted in various locations in Adamawa state along side the nine means of convening the product.

He also commended the efforts of Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for their cooperation in the fight against smuggling and economic saboteurs.

Comptroller Ejibunu stressed; “in line with the CGC’s mandate to curtail the smuggling and diversion of PMS products, Operation Whirlwind had repositioned all its operatives across the frontiers despite threats and harassment from economic saboteurs.

While urging those carrying out legitimate business to continue to do so, he said the fight is against illicit oil marketers and economic saboteurs as enshrined in NCS Act, 2023.

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