Niger/Kogi Customs Showcase 11 Smuggled Cars, Including A Range Rover With Diplomatic Plate Number

Niger/Kogi Customs showcases 11 smuggled exotic cars, including a 2019 Range Rover with diplomatic plate number.

The Command seized goods being smuggled with a Duty Paid Value N56.6 million) in the month of November 2023.

Attributed success to efficient deployment of resources, including 2 Toyota Land Cruisers and HiAce bus provided by Customs Boss.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Niger/Kogi Customs Area Command, has showcased goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N56,661,598.00 (N56.6 million), which the command intercepted in the month of November 2023.

During the specified period, the Command recorded a total revenue of N10,020,990.00, predominantly from the issuance of Demand Notices (D/N).

The Niger/Kogi Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Busayo Kadejo, made this disclosure during a press briefing on Tuesday, 28 November 2023, at the Command headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Regarding anti-smuggling, the Kadejo noted that the Command arrested a smuggled 2019 Model Range Rover Velar SUV with a Diplomatic Vehicle Registration Plate Number, which he said was treacherous and connoted a risky security implication.

In addition to the Range Rover, he also reported the seizures of other exotic cars including a Lexus RX 330 Crossover SUV, totaling eleven (11) units of various makes.

Comptroller Kadejo attributed the Command’s achievements to the immense deployment of and dependence on intelligence gathering alongside its collaboration with border communities and Royal Fathers.

“To achieve this feat, we deployed massive intelligence and respected our rules of engagement, hence no casualties. In a bid to carry out my mandate, I have been engaging the Border Communities. I appreciate the role of the Chief Executives of the two (2) states (Niger and Kogi) respectively and that of the Royal fathers,” he said.

He equally appreciated the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi for creating a conducive working atmosphere for Officers to efficiently perform their duties.

“One such gesture is the provision of two (2) units of Toyota Land Cruiser and a unit of Toyota Hiace Ambulance for Patrol and the well-being of Officers and Men. We are indeed very grateful,” he noted.

The Niger/Kogi Customs Area Command Controller reiterated the command’s responsibility to decisively deal with smugglers and clamp down on all criminal elements in the land while vowing to uphold the mandate of the Service and Federal Government fiscal policies.

“Our job is to implement the Federal Government’s fiscal policies. We are committed to achieving that and are determined to frontally confront smugglers and all other economic saboteurs whose antics we will always discover and continue to make arrests, seizures, and cripple their operations,” he emphasized.

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