Kwara Customs records 187 seizures with duty paid value of N302m in 2022

Date: 2023-01-21

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3, in Kwara State disclosed that it has recorded One hundred and eighty seven (187) seizures with a duty paid value of (N302,590 252:00) million naira between January and December last year, (2022).

Olugboyega Peters, coordinator of the Joint Border Patrol Team and Assistant Comptroller General, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on score card of the team in Ilorin, the state capital.

According to him, the team intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser belonging to a federal House of Representatives member from Rivers State allegedly snatched at gun point by armed robbers in Abuja.

He added that the teams also intercepted and seized 2,052 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice, 4,598 liters of Petrol, 28 units of used vehicles,16 units of motorcycles, 402 wraps of Cannabis Sativa, and 90 pieces of used tyres, among others.

Olugboyega also disclosed that most of the inflammable products have been auctioned to the public and the amount generated remitted to government.

The Coordinator however, noted that during the period under review the team lost one of its officers, Saheed Aweda, while three others sustained life-threatening injuries during an attack by hoodlums in Oyo on their way to Kwara State.

Olugboyega urged smugglers and traffickers to change their ways and take to legitimate business, even as he vowed that the patrol team under his watch will ensure illegal businesses are not allowed to flourish.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Marafan Shonga     April 11     Usman Alkali Baba     Irepodun     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Suleman Abubakar     Mazars Consulting     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Chikanda     Saidu Kawu     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Peter Amogbonjaye     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Shehu Adaramaja     Idris Garba     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Gaa Olobi     Deji Ajani     Yahaya Muhammad     Alapado     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Agboola Abdulraheem     Quarry Royal Valley     Sulyman Buhari     Mohammed Abdulahi     SAPZ Project     KWTV     Sidikat Alaya     Ilorin East     Amusement Park     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Oluwole Dupe     Issa Baba     Sunday Popo-Ola     Ogidi-Oloje     Okasanmi Ajayi     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Agbarere     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Valsolar Consortium     Ajasse-Ipo     Tunji Moronfoye     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Kumbi Titiloye     Bilikis Oladimeji     Yakubu Dogara     Clara Nwachukwu     Aminu Adisa Logun     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Gbenga Adebayo     KWIRS     Isin     Facebook     Emir Of Lafiagi     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Maimunat Oniyangi     Bola Olukoju     Henry Olaosebikan     Tafida Of Ilorin     Kishira     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Bankole Omishore     Nigerian Correctional Service     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Tosho Yaqub     Kola Adesina     Ahmed Dankaya     Abioye Bello     Bayo Ajia     Abubakar Imam     Voices Of Tomorrow     Mohammed Lawal    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Umar Yakubu Jaja     Shururat Olatinwo     Maigidasanma     Bolaji Gambari     Musibau Akanji     Sunday Otokiti     Raji AbdulRasaq     Ibrahim Abiodun     Christopher Odetunde     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abdulhakeem Amao     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Erubu     Alapado     Al-Adaby     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Oloyede     George Innih     Erubu Oba Zubair     TVC Female National Debate     Okasanmi Ajayi     Siraj Oyewale     LABTOP     Atiku Abubakar     Naira Redesign     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Igbaja     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Laboratory-to-Product     Mufti Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Jawondo     Elekoyangan     Metro Park     Ajikobi     Tafida     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Apado     Omu-aran     Kuliyan Geri     Bluenile Associates     Tunji Ajanaku     Olabanji Orilonishe     Yusuf Abubakar     Shaaba Lafiagi     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Orisa Bridge     Isiaka Danmeromu     Mansur Alfanla     Ilorin General Hospital     IYA YUSUF     Logun     Ojuekun Sarumi     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Amule Elementary School     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Muritala Awodun     Lawan     National Association Of Nigerian Students     National Democratic Congress     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Hijaab     Yunus Lawal     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Bank Of Industry     Saka Onimago     Akanji     Afetu Of Alabe     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Kwara State Governor     Agboola Babatunde     Oko Erin