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The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a 20 feet container with registration number CSLU 2362640 falsely declared as furniture components and processed for export.
Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command, Mohammed Abba-Kura, in a press briefing on Tuesday told journalists that the vessel was found to contain certain parts of wildlife prohibited for export.
Abba-Kura said 162 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 8,800 kg; 57 sacks of mixed endangered species of various sizes such as Ivory/animal horns, lion bones amongst others were discovered when it was subjected to 100 physical examination
The customs boss who revealed that the container was destined for Haiphong, Vietnam added that the total value of the export was valued at N952m with the total weight of the items put at 854,719 tonnes.
By Dianabasi Effiong
Onne (Rivers) Jan. 13, 2021 The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Onne Port in Rivers, says it generated ₦118.9billion (₦118,959,214,999.53k) in the out gone year 2020.
The figure was announced on Wednesday by Comptroller Mohammed Auwal, Area Controller, Area II Command, at a media briefing in Onne Port.
According to Auwal, this figure is N11.6 billion (₦11,623,072,175.04) higher than the N107.3 billion (₦107,336,142,824.29) generated by the command from January to December of 2019.
Auwal also stated that the command’s enforcement and anti-smuggling personnel made a total of 37 seizures with total duty paid value of over one billion naira (₦1,008,266,282.53) within the period in focus.