Customs Intercepts Smuggled Military Hardware at Ogun Checkpoint
Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service have intercepted military hardware along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode axis of the Lagos-Benin expressway, Ogun State.
The military hardware were seized at ijebu ode in Ogun State on its way to the south east region.
The acting Comptroller of the Federal Operating Unit, Zone A, Hussein Ejibunu said, they were intercepted this month at a customs checkpoint in the axis.
Ejibunu addressing a news conference on Wednesday at Ikeja, listed the intercepted items as 20 pieces of bullet proof jackets, and five pieces of jack knives.
The Customs Comptroller also said 20 pieces of pistols pouches were found inside a Toyota Sienna bus, at the Customs checkpoint.
The Customs comptroller also reported additional confiscations, including 5,642 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 18,925 liters of premium motor spirit, 49 cartons of children’s school shoes, 357 kegs of vegetable oil, 1 unit of Honda Motorcycle, and 2 pre-owned vehicles.
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He said, “within July 2023, the sedulousness of our officers led to the interception of smuggled 15 bulletproof jackets; 15 pieces of jack knives and 20 pieces of pistol pouches inside a Toyota Sienna Bus in Ogun State at Ijebu-Ode Checkpoint. The driver of the vehicle was arrested in conjunction with the seized controlled wares”
“It is pertinent to know that the importation of all forms of bulletproof materials such as vests, ballistic materials and vehicles, as well as parts and accessories for all military armaments and hardware such as guns, arms and ammunition of all kinds; lethal and non-lethal requires an end-user certificate”
“An end-user certificate is applied to, and issued by the office of the national security adviser which loses its validity after one year from the issuance date. Hence, anyone importing a controlled item must do so within the validity period of the end-user certificate”.
Ejibunu mentioned that the recent visit of the acting Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, to the unit served as a morale booster, inspiring the officers to carry out the recent seizures.
