Customs zone D seize petrol worth over N86m in Nov
The Operation Whirlwind of the
Nigeria Customs Service, Adamawa and Taraba States Command said it has witnessed significant seizures with of smuggled petrol with monetary value of N86,517,570 in November 2024.
Addressing newsmen on the activities of the team in Zone ‘D’ held on Wednesday in Yola, the Team Coordinator, Comptroller, H.K. Ejibunu said the successes recorded is through unrelenting, uncompromising and collective efforts of the Operatives.
The seized items includes 1,124 Jerry cans of 25, 40 and 60 litres, capacity each of PMS, 53 drums of 200 litres of capacity each filled with PMS.
Other items include; 21,000 Litres of PMS conveyed in two fuel tankers totalling 71,965 litres, aimed at smuggling it to the Republic of Cameroun, while Five vehicles and two motorcycles were also seized.
Also on the anti- smuggling drive and in the spirit of inter agency collaboration, the Operatives had intercepted 14 fuel tankers loaded with PMS on grounds of product diversions and smuggling.
According to Ejibunu “out of the 14 fuel tankers incepted 13 were handed over to NMDPRA in Yola while One to NMDPRA in Taraba State for continued inter-agency action”.
“It is evident that the anti-smuggling crusade of the Operation Whirlwind had allowed Adamawa State to witness a stable and sufficient supply of PMS, reduce scarcity and price instability”, he emphasized.
The Coordinator however urged patriotic Nigerians and genuine oil marketers that Nigeria Customs Service is committed to facilitate legitimate trade, stressing that this “fight is against the illicit oil marketers and the economic saboteurs “.
He encouraged all legitimate oil marketers to go out with their normal business without fear of harassment or seizure of their products.
Speaking earlier, the Comptroller Adamawa and Taraba States Command, Garba Bashir said smuggling activities had gone a long way in destroying the economic growth of the country and called for a collective efforts to combat the menace.
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