The Presidency on Thursday listed the gains of the Nigeria
border closure.
The country shut entry/exit points with neighbouring
countries between August 2019 and December 2020.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement
disclosed that 1,401 irregular migrants were arrested.
He said 159,506 (50kg) bags of parboiled foreign rice and
10,447 bags of NPK fertilizer used for making explosives were impounded.
Other seizures were 1,974 vehicles, 895 motorcycles, and
18,690 jerry cans of vegetable oil.
“The total monetary value of the apprehended items is about
₦12,538,333,545”, the presidency said.
The statement recalled that the border operation SWIFT
RESPONSE (OSR), was launched and coordinated by the office of the National
Security Adviser.
It has now transformed into Nigeria’s Joint Border Patrol
Team (JBPT) as part of a Tripartite Operation, comprising Benin, Niger and
Nigeria.
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