Kwara Customs records 187 seizures with duty paid value of N302m in 2022
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kwara State Sports Commission Atunwa Ibrahim Mashood Convocation Ceremonies Kwara Liberation Group Sherif Sagaya Akeem Lawal Busari Alabi Alausa Kale Kawu David Oyedepo Ben Duntoye Monthly Sanitation Aishat Mohammed Lawal Ajase-Ipo Abatemi-Usman Azeez Bello NIPOGA Al-Adaby Ahmed Idris Mohammed Sambo Murtala Halimah Perogi Lithium Ayinde Oyepitan Valsolar Madawaki Of Ilorin Folashade Omoniyi Senior Ibrahim Suleiman Maimunat Oniyangi Ramadhan Amada Jidda Tunji Ajanaku Ayobami Seriki Issa Baba Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan Yahaya Oloriegbe Daud Adeshola Oni Adebayo Bio Ibrahim Rotimi Atere Roseline Oni Aremu Tosho Yaqub Ganiyu Taofiq Kabir Shagaya Hijab Rueben Parejo Mazars Consulting Gbajabiamila Kola Shittu Olatunde Olukoya Adamu Atta Tsado Manman Tafida Kunle Akogun Kazeem Oladepo Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited George Funsho Adebayo Wahab Issa Shettima Omu Aran Abdulmajeed Wahab NURTW Usman Yunusa Christopher Ayeni Moses Adekanye Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Trader Moni Bello John Olanrewaju Buhari Tunde Oyawoye Saadu Alanamu Kale Belgore Split Diamond Interchange AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Halimat Yusuf Moji Makanjuola Sobi Hill

