Ogun customs impounds N62m smuggled vehicles, frozen poultry, rice

The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Customs Service has recorded a seizure of 2,000 bags of rice, frozen chicken and exotic cars worth over N62 million.

The contrabands were intercepted between Abeokuta metropolis and Ipokia Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking with reporters at the headquarters of the Command in Abeokuta, the Controller of Customs, Ogun State Command, Mr. Sani Madugu said the bags of rice were intercepted within ten days.

He disclosed that men of the Command have been put on red alert to monitor, trail and apprehend smugglers in the State.

‘’This is to show you the seriousness of the Ogun State Customs Command in curbing smuggling activities. We are trying to show you the 2000 bags of rice seized from smugglers in Abeokuta within ten days and about nine exotic vehicles worth N41 million intercepted within the Abeokuta.

‘’We are not going to make smugglers comfortable in this State and that is why we have embarked on all round surveillance, monitoring and tracking of smugglers in the State.’’

Continuing, he said: ‘’In the early hours of Friday August 11, 2017, officers and men of Nigeria Customs Service Command, seized 4500 cartons of frozen poultry products with Duty Paid Value of N21,600,000 (N21.6 million)l and used vehicles were also among the items seized.


•Some of the seized cars
‘’Ogun State Command of NCS will not be condusive for smuggling activities. We are coordinating ourselves round the clock and we shall continue to do more.’’

Earlier on Tuesday, Madugu disclosed that a bus belonging to the Federal University of Agriculture, FUNNAB, Abeokuta was intercepted and the driver arrested by operatives of the Command for conveying Indian hemp through Imeko, border town in Yewa North Local Government.

The driver of the coaster bus with registration number FUNNAB 50 B-100 FG, Abolade Bolaji Philip, alongside 211 parcels of cannabis which was compressed in book size tucked under 42 bags of rice was paraded before reporters at the headquarters of the Command in Abeokuta.

Madugu disclosed that the cannabis were concealed under 42 bags of rice he was conveying from the university’s demonstration farm to the city.

The illicit drug was later handed over to the Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, of the state, Bala Fagge, who also said the suspect would be properly investigated in order to unravel his sponsors.