THE Oyo/Osun command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it has destroyed a load of frozen turkey worth N11.5 million.
The consignment was intercepted by men of the security outfit along the Ibadan – Ife expressway following a tip off from a member of the public.
A statement said the contraband was contained in a Toyota bus at the time of interception, and were concealed in 2,500 cartons of assorted household goods including soaps, milk, synthetic human hair, insecticides and beverages.
Customs spokesperson, Nkiruka Nwala, said the smugglers managed to escape and abandoned the goods when they sighted Customs officials at a checkpoint along Ibadan – Ile Ife expressway.
The statement said the smugglers were suspected to be taking the intercepted contraband to Ado-Ekiti area.
It noted: “The modern day Nigeria Customs Service works with sophisticated intelligence gathering network. Meantime, the command has said it destroys such consignments after seizure because their consumption was dangerous to human health. The smugglers are said to have escaped arrest. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Abegi, they didnt pay the required bribe. Welldone sha :-)
ReplyDeleteHe who is naked should not criticize wears, Nigeria have no food to eat and they are destroying the imported ones. shame on that country called Nigeria. even in USA here deferent types of food are still coming in freely from different countries. I have said it several times that country is under a curse.
ReplyDeleteA country with common sense will simply place high custom duty on any product they do not want into their country; Is the turkey poisonous or what?. People are importing turkey because Nigeria don't have enough to feed her citizens. That country should be reformatted like a computer.
ON ABURI I WILL ALWAYS STAND, that unimplemented 46 yr old accord sighned in Accra Ghana by Ojukwu and Gowon will ever remain the answer to Nigeria problems.
He who is naked should not criticize wears, Nigeria have no food to eat and they are destroying the imported ones. shame on that country called Nigeria. even in USA here deferent types of food are still coming in freely from different countries. I have said it several times that country is under a curse.
ReplyDeleteA country with common sense will simply place high custom duty on any product they do not want into their country; Is the turkey poisonous or what?. People are importing turkey because Nigeria don't have enough to feed her citizens. That country should be reformatted like a computer.
ON ABURI I WILL ALWAYS STAND, that unimplemented 46 yr old accord sighned in Accra Ghana by Ojukwu and Gowon will ever remain the answer to Nigeria problems.