Customs set to deploy modern tech to curb smuggling

From LAYI OLANREWAJU, Ilorin

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it will deploy the use of modern technology to reduce the activities of smugglers to the minimum.

The Comptroller General of Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi stated this during his familiarization tour of Nigeria Customs Service Area command in Ilorin,Kwara state.

He said the activities of smugglers if left uncheck would undermine the economic prosperity of the country.

Comptroller General Adeniyi said all the land boarder would be properly manned to ensure sanity in the areas.

He explained that the service operation within Kwara state and other part of the country has yielded a lot of positive results.

The controller General noted that within this period a total of 53,000 liters of petrol with a duty paid value of 53 million naira has been intercepted along Kwara North axis .

He said a suspect identified as Nafiu Salami who was a driver of a Vehicle conveying 162 Jerry cans of 25 liters of petroleum has been arrested.

The Customs boss attributed the rise in the smuggling of petroleum product to the low price of the commodity in the country, compared with neighbouring Benin Republic and Cameroon.

He warned those involved in smuggling activities to shun the act or face the full wrath of the law.

In his remarks the Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service ,(NCS) Kwara Area Command , Comptroller Faith Ojeifo said the command would ensure total fight against the activities of smugglers in the state.

He said smuggling is an economic sabotage that requires collective efforts to put an end to it.

Comptroller Ojeifo urged the residents of border communities to support the service with intelligence information on the activities of smugglers in their midst to enable it succeed.