THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command has generated the sum of N1, 050, 868, 570.20 for the months of August and September 2018. The Anti- Smuggling unit of the Command also made a total of one hundred and twenty (120) seizures with a duty paid value of N95, 070, 005.00 for the months under review.
According to a statement signed by the Command Spokesman Saidu Nurudden Abdullahi on Monday, “the Command enforcement unit recorded the seizures of 14 exotic vehicles, amongst which are: BMW 5 series, Toyota Venza, Mercedes Benz ML 350, Lexus RX 300 etc. with a total duty paid value (DPV) of over seventy million Naira. A total of 4, 504 bags of Parboiled rice were also seized with DPV of N81, 162,080 (equivalent to 7 trailer trucks); other items like frozen poultry products, vegetable oil, and sugar worth over Thirteen million Naira were also seized. “Three suspects arrested in connection to some of the seizures are currently under investigation and possible prosecution.
“Commenting on the revenue generated and seizures made, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba disclosed that the Command is re-strategizing by deploying a proactive anti-smuggling approach to enforce the Federal Government policies which will boost revenue generation in the command.
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“The Comptroller further charged officers to complement the Comptroller General of Customs effort by adhering strictly to procedures in order to achieve the core mandate of raising revenue, suppression of smuggling and facilitation of legitimate trade along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor.
“The Customs Area Controller who is also the Chairman of the Joint Border Security Meeting (JBSM) informed all the relevant border security agencies on the need to comply with the Presidential directives on ease of doing business and strict adherence to the ECOWAS protocols of eliminating trade barriers along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor.
“Consequently, he affirmed the setting up of an ad-hoc Joint Taskforce from the JBSM platform to be headed by the Commanding Officer 243 Battalion, as some internal monitoring mechanism to checkmate the menace of the proliferation of checkpoints along the corridor.
“The Customs Area Controller also noted that the reinvigorated anti-smuggling unit of the command is yielding positive results as drug traffickers and immigrants who use illegal routes are being apprehended.
“While handing over to the Nigeria Police Force (represented by ASP Hillary Ikejiaka) two armed robbery suspects arrested by the Command, Ndidi Chukwuma and Toffa Joshua with N8,500,000.00 in their possession on the 24th of August, 2018; and Mr Difo Kenneth Cornelius who was arrested with 14x500grams wraps of Cannabis Sativa valued at N85,050.00 and handed over to the NDLEA (represented by Udontong Essien) on the 14th of September, 2018 respectively; the Commands helmsman alluded that the need for synergy and collaboration in executing the core function among security agencies cannot be overemphasized as demonstrated by the handing over process.
“While thanking all the security agencies for their collaborative efforts for the protection of the economy, he further advised and warned smugglers and non-compliant stakeholders to be receptive to the new social order of the service, otherwise the anti-smuggling war will soon be at their doorsteps.”
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