Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it will intensify patrol in Kogi and Niger States routes with the view to curb smuggling activities in the country.
The new Comptroller of Kogi and Niger Area command, Abubakar Adamu, in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSC NE Tagwan, stated this during the handing over of the leadership of the command.
Comptroller Adamu vowed to decisively deal with the criminal activities of smugglers within the axis of his command promised to consolidate the achievements of the outgoing comptroller, William Dappa.
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He however urged officers and men of the command on the need to accord him maximum cooperation to achieve the desired aim.
Until his appointment, Compt. Adamu had served as the O/C Lagos Roving under FOU Zone ‘A’, Deputy Comptroller in charge of Enforcement for Western Marine Command-Ibafon Apapa-Lagos, Deputy Compt. in-charge of HQ Strike Force team in Zone ‘C’, Deputy Compt. at the Tincan Island Port in charge of the main gate respectively. .
The outgoing Customs Area Controller, Dappa, who commended the entire staff of the area command, urged them to extend the new comptroller full cooperation during his stay in the command.
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