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The Nigeria Customs Service Zone “B” Strike Force, on Thursday, raided a warehouse and seized smuggled goods worth N22.76 million in Kano.
A statement issued by the Strike Force Coordinator, Deputy Controller Aliyu Olorukooba, confirmed that 899 bags of foreign rice with duty paid value of N19.68 million and 410 cartons of Macaroni valued N1.27 million were seized.
The statement added that 143 cartons of Tomato paste with duty paid value of N3.33 million and 249 cartons of cream milk worth N4.73 million were also confiscated.
“Others include 318 cartons of spaghetti with duty paid value of N985,800, five cartons of Eva soap with duty paid value of N110,000 and Cuscus Lina with duty paid value of N229,400.”
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The incident occurred on Wednesday at Meiran bus stop along the Lagos Abeokuta expressway.
A statement by Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, said the administration had zero tolerance for brutalization of members of the public.
He assured that the incident would be investigated and all indicted LAGESC operatives interrogated.
Bello said Ajana would be invited to identify the culprits who attacked him despite identifying himself as a journalist.
The official apologized him, the management of the Guild publishing company and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Sanitation agents dislodging street traders at Meiran accosted the journalist as he recorded the event.