As part of efforts to curb smuggling activities and tackle the challenges of economic sabotage in the country, the Adamawa/ Taraba states command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized dry Donkey meat, Donkey skin, other contrabands and PMS with duty paid value of over 94 million Naira.
This disclosure was made by the newly posted Customs Comptroller for Adamawa/ Taraba area Command, Comptroller Mohammed Abdullahi Mako at a press conference in Yola on Wednesday.
He listed the items seized to includes 509 pieces of raw Donkey skin, 460kg of dry Donkey meat, 45 jumbo sacks of second hand clothings, cartoons of viagra 200mg tablets, jerry cans and drums of PMS with duty paid value of Ninety Eight Million,three hundred and seventy five thousand ,three hundred and twenty five naira(#98,375,235.00).
He said they were seized within just 6 weeks.
He attributed the success of the operations to the commitments and resilience of the officers and men of the command, charging them not to relent in their efforts to wipe the area and the country of all smuggling activities.
The Comptroller further reiterated his commitment to cracking down on all smuggling cartels within his command so that the nation’s economy will have a breath of fresh air.
He advised those involved in this act of sabotage to repent and embrace legitimate businesses in their own interest and betterment of the country, as there would not be a hidden place for them.
He also commended the Comptroller General of Customs,CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi,for his visionary leadership and other sisters agencies as well as media and the general public for their supports and collaborations which resulted into this successes.
Mako,further supervised the burning and burying of the seized Donkey meat and raw skin which is hazardous to public health