The Nation Newspaper Customs arrests fake officer, 20 suspects in Ogun, Ondo
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service yesterday said it arrested 20 suspected smugglers including a fake Customs officer, Mr Benson Otu.
“It is pertinent to reiterate that our consistent engagement with stakeholders and critical partners of officers from other services is in line with the vision of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.“In line with the Comptroller-General’s mission of collaboration with critical stakeholders.
“914 Jerry cans X 25 litres of Premium Motor Spirit equivalent to 22,850 litres; 10,372 X 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice; 27 units of imported used vehicles; 2,152 cartons of foreign frozen products; 6 units of imported used trucks; 625kg of Cannabis sativa; “This Unit also arrested a self-acclaimed Customs officer; who until his arrest had defrauded some of his unsuspecting victims. The suspect, Mr Benson Otu, claimed to be the officer in charge of rice auctioning. His arrest was made after some of his victims reported his illegal claims and activities.
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