By Danjuma Michael, Katsina
The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said two of its officers were killed in the course of discharging their duties in 2022.
Outgoing Area controller of the Command, Mr. Wada Chedi, stated this during a thanksgiving and send-off ceremony held in his honour at the Command’s headquarters.
Chedi, who was transferred to Port Harcourt, is to be replaced by another controller, Mr. Musa Nura.
He disclosed that 10 suspects were arrested by the Command during the period while some of them were prosecuted at the Federal High Court, others were granted administrative bail.
Chedi said the Command was able to make 379 arrests, with 258 of these converted to seizures after thorough investigation, with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N144.75m.
He added that items seized during the period include foreign vegetable oil, foreign spaghetti, second hand clothing, as well as vehicles used for conveying the smuggled items.
He said the Command was able to promote 4,958 officers and men to the next rank, and that 49 self-contained apartments were completed as residentials for its personnel.
The outgoing controller, called on stakeholders to give the incoming controller the same cooperation he received while overseeing affairs of the Katsina Command.
He said the Command, in its effort to facilitate Export Trade, recorded Free-On-Board (FOB) value of N4.42 billion for non-oil commodities with metric tons of 69,436.77 exported through Jibia-Magama border station.
The ceremony was attended by heads of sister security agencies and awards to deserving customs personnel.
Source: The Guardian
