DC Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, Acting Controller of FOU Zone A, showing journalists one of the trucks for seizure evacuation
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service has provided three trucks to strengthen the Zone A Federal Operations Unit of the service in the evacuation and towing of seizures made during anti smuggling operations.
Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, Acting Controller of the unit who disclosed this to journalists in Lagos, said the vehicles have become a morale booster that will ease the logistics of the unit.
Ejibunu, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs said two of the trucks are for seizure evacuation while the third one will serve the purpose of towing.
According to him, the difficulties experienced by his men in the past while trying to move seizures and means of conveyance will now be greatly reduced.
“We are also expressing our gratitude to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, for the additional logistics supply of two (2) trucks for the evacuation of seizures and a towing truck. The provision of these additional logistics has eased our operations.
The newly provided towing truck
“I am using this medium to thank all patriotic Nigerians that provided useful information that led to some arrests, and also the compliant traders and importers for complying with the extant laws. While the recalcitrant ones are advised to stop because it is a crime” he said.
Zone A Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service is an anti smuggling arm of the service covering the six states of the South West geo political zone
Ismail Aniemu, Publisher of JournalNG and ghost writer, is a maritime journalist of over two decades' of practice with multidisciplinary background. He holds a masters degree in Transport Management from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH) with bias for logistics. He is also an alumnus of the Times Journalism Institute where he obtained a post graduate diploma in Journalism.
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