The Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service has seized a vehicle loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammunition at Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.
Mr. Richard Oteri, the Area Controller, said the vehicle conveying the ammunition was apprehended along the Igboho road in Saki.
Disclosing that the contraband was concealed in bags packed with dried cassava tubers, he appealed to royal fathers and community leaders to sensitize their subjects on the dangers of smuggling especially in the light of serious security challenges in the country.
He said the command generated more than N4.5 billion in the first quarter of this year.
The breakdown showed that N49,726,393 was made from revenue collected on vehicles between January and April this year.
Oteri further explained that 2,716 bags of rice, 28 fairly used assorted cars and SUVs, 2,500 cartons of frozen products, a lorry loaded with 700 cartons of foreign shoes, a bus loaded with textile materials and 521 used tyres concealed with 600 bags of animal feeds in a trailer were seized by his command.
Oteri later handed over the ammunition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Oyo State Police Command, Musa Kimo.
Kimo, while receiving the ammunition said “we shall not relent in ensuring adequate security”.
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