The
Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service has seized a vehicle
loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammunition at Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo
State.
Mr. Richard Oteri, the Area Controller, said the vehicle conveying the ammunition was apprehended along the Igboho road in Saki.
Disclosing
that the contraband was concealed in bags packed with dried cassava
tubers, he appealed to royal fathers and community leaders to sensitize
their subjects on the dangers of smuggling especially in the light of
serious security challenges in the country.
He said the command generated more than N4.5 billion in the first quarter of this year.
The breakdown showed that N49,726,393 was made from revenue collected on vehicles between January and April this year.
Oteri
further explained that 2,716 bags of rice, 28 fairly used assorted cars
and SUVs, 2,500 cartons of frozen products, a lorry loaded with 700
cartons of foreign shoes, a bus loaded with textile materials and 521
used tyres concealed with 600 bags of animal feeds in a trailer were
seized by his command.
Oteri later handed over the ammunition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Oyo State Police Command, Musa Kimo.
Kimo, while receiving the ammunition said “we shall not relent in ensuring adequate security”.
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