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The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has seized over 853 bags of 50kg smuggled rice with duty paid value of N14,603,360 shortly after Mr. Emmanuel Udo-Aka was deployed as its comptroller.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr. Emmanuel said the Command also intercepted another 395 kegs of 25 liters vegetable oil with duty paid value of N3,706,159, within a month of his assuming office.
“A 12-tyre DAF truck loaded with 50kg bags of smuggled foreign rice covered with tapoline was intercepted on the 15th of May, 2017 along Ife-Ibadan expressway Oyo State," he said.
“The smugglers took advantage of the recent mass deployment of officers and men in Nigeria Customs Service to indulge in their unwholesome activities with the belief that we will caught off guard.
“These seized bags of rice have been stored in warehouse in Benin Republic without proper pest control, making them prone to all manner of pest. We should also understand that most of these smuggled products have exceeded their shelf life, and therefore expired and are not safe for consumption. Yet they are re-bagged and re-labelled and dumped in our country.
Udo-Aka then called on the people to support the service in checkmating smuggling saying that the economy will improve if all hands are on the desk to check smuggling.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr. Emmanuel said the Command also intercepted another 395 kegs of 25 liters vegetable oil with duty paid value of N3,706,159, within a month of his assuming office.
“A 12-tyre DAF truck loaded with 50kg bags of smuggled foreign rice covered with tapoline was intercepted on the 15th of May, 2017 along Ife-Ibadan expressway Oyo State," he said.
“The smugglers took advantage of the recent mass deployment of officers and men in Nigeria Customs Service to indulge in their unwholesome activities with the belief that we will caught off guard.
“These seized bags of rice have been stored in warehouse in Benin Republic without proper pest control, making them prone to all manner of pest. We should also understand that most of these smuggled products have exceeded their shelf life, and therefore expired and are not safe for consumption. Yet they are re-bagged and re-labelled and dumped in our country.
Udo-Aka then called on the people to support the service in checkmating smuggling saying that the economy will improve if all hands are on the desk to check smuggling.
