Customs JBPT Recovers Lawmaker’s N60m Toyota Land Cruiser From Armed Robbers

Customs’ Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 3 recovers lawmaker’s N60m Toyota Land Cruiser from armed robbers.

Nigeria Customs Service Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 3 covers Niger, Kwara, Kogi and Benue States.

Vehicle recovered few hours after it was snatched from Lawmaker’s driver at gunpoint around Gwarimpa axis of Abuja.

Nigeria Customs Service Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3 said it has intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV belonging to a member of the National Assembly.

Sector Coordinator of the JBPT, Acting Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Olugbenga Peter, disclosed while briefing journalists on the activities of the Taskforce in Ilorin, Kwara State.

According to Peter, the vehicle was recovered from two suspected armed robbers few hours after they allegedly snatched the Toyota SUV at gunpoint from the driver of the lawmaker.

The head of JBPT Sector 3, which covers Niger, Kwara, put the worth of the Toyota Land Cruiser at N45 million and yet-to-be paid duty paid value at N15 million.

Peters said :

“Our operatives deployed to Suleja axis of Niger State, while on routine patrol intercepted a Toyota land cruiser SUV with registration number KUJ 570 MB from Abuja heading to Kaduna.

“The operatives requested for the vehicle customs documents from the occupants. The two occupants who could not produce any document disembarked from the vehicle, pretending to be making a call to the owner and suddenly took to their heels and ran into the bush and abandoned the vehicle.

“While conducting search on the vehicle, the operatives found a complimentary card bearing details of a National Assembly member.

“The said Honourable member was subsequently contacted and officers were confronted with shocking news that the vehicle in question was snatched few hours earlier from his driver at gunpoint around Gwarimpa axis of Abuja.

“I want to assure you that once the Customs duty of the said vehicle is produced by the owner and confirmed to be genuine, the sector will hand over the vehicle to Nigeria Police Force for further investigations and theft clarification.”

He further disclosed that the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) in the last four months made 187 seizures valued at N302.6 million, adding that :

“During the period under review, Sector 3 has intercepted a total of three stolen vehicles. Namely, Lexus RX 350 without number plate sized around Benue axis, Toyota Yaris with Registration Number BEN-59-EZ apprehended around Lokoja Axis of the Sector”.

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