Nigeria Customs Service in Kebbi Area Command said it generated a revenue of N127,364,100 in April 2023.
The Command also recovered items worth N71,287,056 from smugglers between 15th April and 15th May 2023.
The Customs Area Controller in charge of Kebbi Command, Comptroller Ben Oramalugo, Birnin-Kebbi, disclosed this in an interactive session with Journalists on Friday.
According to Oramalugo, the prompt response by the men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service in the Command is possible after receiving an intelligence report from individuals.
“On Sunday, 14th May 2023, following an intelligence report on prohibited items about to be smuggled out of the country through Bunza down to Maje Axis, we detailed our officers to increase surveillance along the routes.
”He highlighted how officers in charge of the anti-smuggling unit succeeded in recording 17 seizures through stop-and-search and intercepted a truck laden with donkey skins and meat along Bunza-Kamba Axis.
The Comptroller lamented the unfortunate attack on some officers, who were conveying the seized items to the Command for further investigation, by unscrupulous elements from the Village of Bunza.He reiterated that the perpetrators would soon be identified and made to face the wrath of the law.
“These bad elements broke the windscreen of two patrol vehicles belonging to the Command, forcing our officers to retreat. We later called for reinforcement from the Army. Before the arrival of the Army, the mob managed to whisk away the truck to the surrounding bushes.” He said.
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