Customs FOU Seizes Rice, Other Goods Worth N746m
EJIBUNU
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday announced seizures of different goods worth N746,157,425 in the month April.
Among the seizures were 13 trailers of rice, petroleum products, 221 cartons of foreign frozen poultry; 486 parcels (262kg) of Indian hemp; four units of foreign used vehicles.
Others according to the Acting Controller, DC Hussein Ejibunu, include 111 pieces of used tyres; 10 bales of used clothing, and eight sacks of used shoes.
At a press briefing, Ejibunu told newsmen, “I am pleased to once again update you on our anti-smuggling activities in April 2023, because bringing the seizures and arrests we make to public knowledge, is to dissuade smugglers and duty evaders from their illegal activities and encourage law-abiding business people to stay on the path of legitimacy.
“We want to reiterate that it pays for importers, exporters, haulage operators, and their agents to operate within the ambit of the law because doing otherwise places them at risk of losing their investments and facing prosecution as enshrined in the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA)”.
According to him, the Unit also collected the sum of N66,726,153.35 as DN to defaulters.
The Controller also said that the Unit has secured 8 convictions against economic sabotuers in the past 10 months.
He named those who have been convicted through the Federal High Court as Ayo Ayinla, Abdulrasak Egbekunle and Tunde Rasheed (found in possession of bags foreign parboiled rice); Kehinde Kilani (improper Importation); Adeleke Adebayo (found in possession of bags of foreign parboiled rice), Victor Hassan and Yusuf Shuaib (found in possession of smuggled goods, and Nguyen Huy Hieu (found to be in possession of Pangolin scales meant for export)..
Among the seizures were 13 trailers of rice, petroleum products, 221 cartons of foreign frozen poultry; 486 parcels (262kg) of Indian hemp; four units of foreign used vehicles.
Others according to the Acting Controller, DC Hussein Ejibunu, include 111 pieces of used tyres; 10 bales of used clothing, and eight sacks of used shoes.
At a press briefing, Ejibunu told newsmen, “I am pleased to once again update you on our anti-smuggling activities in April 2023, because bringing the seizures and arrests we make to public knowledge, is to dissuade smugglers and duty evaders from their illegal activities and encourage law-abiding business people to stay on the path of legitimacy.
“We want to reiterate that it pays for importers, exporters, haulage operators, and their agents to operate within the ambit of the law because doing otherwise places them at risk of losing their investments and facing prosecution as enshrined in the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA)”.
According to him, the Unit also collected the sum of N66,726,153.35 as DN to defaulters.
The Controller also said that the Unit has secured 8 convictions against economic sabotuers in the past 10 months.
He named those who have been convicted through the Federal High Court as Ayo Ayinla, Abdulrasak Egbekunle and Tunde Rasheed (found in possession of bags foreign parboiled rice); Kehinde Kilani (improper Importation); Adeleke Adebayo (found in possession of bags of foreign parboiled rice), Victor Hassan and Yusuf Shuaib (found in possession of smuggled goods, and Nguyen Huy Hieu (found to be in possession of Pangolin scales meant for export)..
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