We will continue to fight against smuggling - Customs chief

Date: 2019-07-17

Deputy Comptroller of Customs in Kwara, Alhaji Umar Abu, gave the assurance in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday assured that it would not relent in the fight against smuggling.

Deputy Comptroller of Customs in Kwara, Alhaji Umar Abu, gave the assurance in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.

He said "if the smugglers do not stop, we will continue to be on a look out for them at all times."

Abu said that sometime in June, 2019, two customs officers were attacked while trying to arrest some smugglers in possession of some contraband.

"The two offices were injured, but they were able to intercept four vehicles that were loaded with bags of rice, vegetable oil and provisions on Offa road, Kwara state," Abu said.

The Deputy comptroller commended the effort of the Nigerian Navy in the recent arrest of 24 suspected smugglers, with 14 vehicles loaded with bags of rice.

"The Naval officers arrested the suspects in a village close to Offa Local Government Area of the state, while they were coming from a village in Oyo state, during their normal patrol

"825 bags of rice were recovered from the suspects by the officers of Nigerian Navy School of Health Sciences, Offa. "Commandant Nigeria Navy School of Health Sciences, Capt. Ayodele Olowolagba, handed the case over to the Commissioner of Police, in Ilorin, who later handed them over to us on July 12.

"The 25 suspects are in our custody and they will be taken to court very soon," he added. Abu, however, said that the offence was bailable and once they were able to meet up with their bail condition they would be granted bail.

NAN reports that as at the time of filing this report, the bailing process of the suspects were ongoing.

The deputy comptroller assured that the new location of the smugglers would be raided.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kubra Kazum     Segun Abifarin     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Kaosarah Adeyi     Malete     Umar Saro     Nigeria Computer Society     Saliu Oluwole     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Saad Omo Iya     Salihu Alhaji Musa     SDP     Kehinde Baale     Dan-Kazeem     Folashade Omoniyi     Diagnostic Centre     Plat Technologies Limited     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kola Olota     General Hospital     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Ibrahim Labaika     Col. Adedipe     IFK     Olokoba     Chief Imam Of Offa     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Agbarigidoma     Hajj     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Sherif Shagaya     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Mahe Abdulkadir     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Niyi Ogundiran     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     A.O. Belgore     Local Government     Ishaq Oloyede     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Babaita     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Dairo Kunle Paul     MalHub     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Eruku     Roheemat Hammed     Tayo Awodiji     Ajia-Bako     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Amuda Bembe     Lucky Omoluwa     Lanre Badmas     Ogidi-Oloje     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Bond     Oluwole Dupe     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     CLAY POT     Adisa Logun     Bio Ibrahim     Mohammed Saidu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Alapado     Ishak Mohammed Sabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Monsurat Omotosho     John Kehinde Salako     Patigi Regatta     Abdulhakeem Amao     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Yakubu Shaaba     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Fatai Olodo     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Yetunde Balogun     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Abdulwahab Ololele     Bankole Omishore     Oko-Olowo     Labour Party     Alabi Lawal     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Mohammed Yisa     Azeez Bello     Mahee Abdulkadir     Suleiman Mora Omar     Gbenga Adebayo     Halidu Danbaba     Na\'Allah     Saka Adeyemo     Musibau Akanji     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Vasolar     QuickWin     Ayo Salami     Aminu Ado Bayero     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     REO CAKES     Tosin Saraki     Principal Private Secretary     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Quran     Ahman Pategi     Ilorin Durbar     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Bello Oyebanji     Facemasks     Olatunde Michaels     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Nupe     Musa Abdullahi     Minimum Wage     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     UNILORIN Alumni     Ojo Fadumila     Kunle Akogun     Gbajabiamila     Gbenga Awoyale     Zaratu Umar     NURTW     ITP     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Illyasu Abdullahi     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     College Of Education     Kassim Babamale     Bilikis Oladimeji     Galadiman Ngeri     Obayomi Azeez     IPSAS     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Yahaya Muhammad     Rotimi Oyedepo     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Awwal Jawondo     Azeez Salawu