Two persons have been confirmed killed while ten others sustained injuries as men of the Nigerian Customs Service and Military personnel clashed with suspected smugglers in Ogun State.
The spokesman of the Command, Hammed Oloyede confirmed the incident
It was gathered that the incident occurred at Oja-Odan in Yewa North Local Government of the state on Thursday when a patrol team from Ogun Command Area I intercepted 320 bags of foreign parboiled rice (50kg) stockpiled in a building.
It was further confirmed that during evacuation of the said goods, some ‘diehard’ smugglers in collaboration with hoodlums attacked and opened fired on the patrol team .
It was further gathered that during evacuation of the goods, some ‘diehard’ smugglers in collaboration with hoodlums attacked and opened fire on the patrol team.
Four Customs operatives, one soldier and five civilians assisting in the evacuation reportedly sustained gunshot injuries during the attack.
It was learnt that the patrol team, in repelling the attacks, also gunned down two of the suspected smugglers and left many others with gunshot injuries.
The spokesman of the Command, Hammed Oloyede, confirmed the incident on Friday.
He said those injured have been taken to the hospital for “proper medical attention and are currently responding to treatment.”
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“These seizures made by the Federal Operations Unit Zone B at various locations within the zone have a combined duty paid value of N165,198,544.32,” as he urged smugglers to desist from the act.
At Kirikiri, 16,920 bottles of Agust-Towanka table water with N5.5m DPV allegedly imported from Asia were intercepted on Friday. The Customs Area Controller, Hammi Swomen who briefed pressmen also said the Command’s first quarter of 2021 revenue rose by 36.5 percent to N7.97 billion from N5.8bn in Q1 of 2020.
He said other seizures made include five containers with N55.7m DPV; 2,655 used car tyres, two vehicles with N21.6m DPV; and 2,772 (5-litre) kegs of Vegetable oil with N28.7m.
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Seme Customs hands over illicit drugs to NDLEA
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By Eguono Odjegba
In continuation of the robust improvement in inter-agency cooperation between the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the Seme Customs Command recently handed over seized 232 parcels of Cannabis Sativa otherwise locally known as Indian Hemp to officials of the NDLEA, Lagos Command.
The Customs Area Controller, CAC, Comptroller Bello Mohammed Jibo, who disclosed these to Vanguard Maritime Report, noted that the seized narcotic substances is among 705 other items seized by the area command between January and March 2021, with a total Duty Paid Value of over N409million.