OGUN CUSTOMS ACQUIRE FOUR NEW PATROL VEHICLES TO FIGHT SMUGGLERS
The Command Public Relations Officer,Abdullahi Maiwada who made this known at a press conference in Idiroko, border town of the State, explained that the seized rice was almost multiple of 21, 789 bags of rice seized from January to December, 2017
Similarly, he disclosed that within the period of 1st to 30th November, 2018, the command has generated a total revenue of N1, 129, 119, 923.80 out of a monthly revenue target of N727, 775, 499.91 (excess of N401, 344,423.89).
‘While in the area of anti-smuggling, the Command made seizures of 6,015 bags of foreign rice (50 kg each), 66 units of vehicles, 119 kegs of vegetable oil (25liters each), 171 pairs of used foot wears, 7 bales secondhand clothing, 30 cartons of frozen poultry products, 15 bales of second hand clothing with a total Duty Paid Value of N395, 118, 058’.
‘The above anti-smuggling success story is a blow to smugglers and also a sound warning to those who have dubious intention to exploit the avenue of yuletide period for smuggling. Our men are strategically positioned to decisively truncate such malicious intentions’, he emphasised.
Penpushing also reports that,the command commended the patriotic collaboration and tremendous assistance it always receive from sister agencies, Traditional leaders, eminent personalities and some host communities including members of the press in the command resolute drive against smuggling in the overall interest of the country.
