The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Units Zone A, Ikeja, announced that it recorded 1,119 seizures of contrabands valued at N10 billion in the year 2023.
Hussein Ejibunnu, the Customs Area Controller, revealed this information on Wednesday during a press briefing at the command.
He detailed that among the seizures, 83,170 bags of foreign rice, equivalent to 139 trailers, were confiscated during the reviewed period.
“Last year, we made 1,119 seizures worth a total duty paid value of N10,395,123,943, comprising bags of foreign rice, vehicles, marijuana, tramadol, used tyres, poultry products, footwear, petroleum products, etc. The most prominent of the seizures is foreign parboiled rice, which amounted to 139 trailer loads (83,170 bags of 50kg),” he stated.
