CG Strike Force Team A Rakes In N648.3 Million In Four Weeks

----goods worth N373,629,700 seized

Harboursandport.com: Lagos - CGC Strike Force Team A today revealed that four weeks after its reconstitution, the Team has raked in revenue amounting to N648.3 million through the issuance of Demand Notices (DN).

The Co-ordinator of Team A. DC Mohammed Yusuf made this known during a press briefing at the Customs Training school Ikeja, Lagos.

According to DC Mohammed Yusuf, “We collected the sum of Six Hundred and Forty-Eight Million, Three Hundred thousand, Nine hundred and Eighty-Six Naira only  (N648,300,986.00) as revenue through demand notices.

“We also made seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth Three Hundred and Seventy-three Million, Six Hundred and Twenty-nine Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira (N373,629,700).

Giving a breakdown of the seizures, Yusuf said three 20 feet containers of timber worth N177,725, 200, one thousand bags of 50kg Rice worth N43,282,000, 3,143 pieces of Tyres worth  N75,432,000 and 320 Bales of used clothes worth N33,876,000.

Other items seized include 633 sacks of used shoes worth N37,846,000, 44 sacks of Donkey Skin worth N2,425,000, and 137.3kg of India hemp worth N13,043,5000 were sized within the last four weeks.

Reiterating the unit’s commitment to executing its task, Yulsulf urged importers, licensed customs agents, and freight forwarders to imbibe and always operate within the business etiquette by making sincere declarations all the time. They should always acquaint themselves and be guided by policies of the Federal Government and be abreast with the import and export prohibition lists. We will not take ignorance as an excuse. 

Warning smugglers, he said there will be no hiding place for those wishing to cut corners, who thought they could take advantage of the recent changes to carry out their unlawful trade were disappointed.