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  • Apapa Customs makes N22.8bn seizures in 2023

    Apapa Customs makes N22.8bn seizures in 2023

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, said it made 54 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N22.8 billion in 2023.

    The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.

    The statement was signed by CSC Abubakar Usman, Public Relations Officer of the command.

    Jaiyeoba said the seizures comprises prohibited goods, foreign parboiled rice and vegetable oil, among others.

    “These seizures were made due to infractic import/export prohibition lists, false declaration and others.

    “A breakdown of the seizures comprises prohibited goods such as used clothing, foreign parboiled rice, vegetable oil, tomato paste and others,” he said.

    Jaiyeoba warned smugglers and traders to desist from any form of illegality, describing Apapa Port as a no-go area for such acts.

    He said any attempt to test their resolve would be met with seizures of their wares, arrest and prosecution of suspects in accordance with the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023.

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    Jaiyeoba said he would continue to ensure stronger collaboration with sister government such as the Nigerian Ports Authority, Police, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Department of State Services and others.

    “We understand the dynamic nature of maritime related crimes and have resolved to keep working together while trying to think ahead of criminal elements who may want to use Apapa Port.

    “The collaboration has yielded gains in our individual services and ensuring Apapa port remains safe for port users,” he said.

    According to him, the command operates an open-door policy where they meet regularly with stakeholders to address matters of common interest.

    Jaiyeoba said dispute resolution, query and amendment seats had been made more active to address the needs and legitimate demands of port users.

    He also urged compliant traders to keep up their good deeds while urging others to emulate the virtue of honesty, noting that integrity was key to the achievement of 48 hours cargo clearance.

    Jaiyeoba solicited the support of every player in the port system, including haulage operators, terminal operators, clearing/forwarding agents, and shipping companies towards the achievement of 48 hours cargo clearance.

    “It is achievable in no distant time if we all play our roles effectively.

    “As we begin the new year, the command is urging port users to always make sincere declarations, keep themselves abreast with import and export prohibitions with a view to abiding by them and paying their customs duties at all times,” he said.

    He appreciated the Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, and his management team for the enabling environment to discharge duties effectively.

    Jaiyeoba also thanked officers of the command for their relentless efforts and stakeholders for their support.

    (NAN)

  • Nigerian Customs unveils revamped e-auction platform

    Nigerian Customs unveils revamped e-auction platform

    The authorities of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says it has unveiled its revamped e-auction platform with impressive results.

    It said the platform which is accessible at https://auction.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng, was an upgraded version of the previous portal designed to provide Nigerians with an equal opportunity to participate.

    A statement issued on Friday, January 19, by the Service national public relations officer, Chief Superintendent Abdullahi Maiwada, explained that the strategic move was a deliberate development which aligned with the guidelines outlined in the newly enacted Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023.

    He said the move showcases the agency’s dedication to efficiency and fairness as well drive a more transparent disposal of seized and overtime goods.

    The statement further disclosed that since the relaunch, the platform has recorded appreciable  impressive results which include: 1137 number of bids,1099 registered applicants, 652 successfully paid administration fee,100 vehicles uploaded on the window and 86 vehicles bided and won accordingly.

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    “This is in pursuit of our commitment to continuous improvement of our operational mandate for a better NCS”, CSC Maiwada pointed out as he reiterated further commitment to  transparency, accessibility, and public engagement through its revamped e-auction platform, 

    fostering a fair and efficient process for the disposal of seized and overtime goods.

    While explaining that it was pertinent and important to note that the auctions were periodic and open every Tuesday from 12 noon to 6 pm, CSC Maiwada it was strategically driven to further provide the public with regular opportunities to select and bid for desired items.

    “The NCS emphasizes that successful bidders should promptly download their winning certificates through the provided link in the confirmation email and subsequent winners are required to present the certificate where the goods are domiciled, and the clearance process is expected to be done within seven days”, the statement said.

    The statement added: “While we acknowledge occasional glitches reported by participants, potentially attributed to high traffic, our dedicated technical team is actively addressing the situation. We assure the public that initial issues will be swiftly resolved to ensure a seamless experience in all subsequent exercises. 

    “For comprehensive details and guidelines on the e-auction process, interested 

    participants are encouraged to visit the NCS website at www.customs.gov.ng. Any concerns or complaints can be directed to the NCS Helpdesk at 07037891156, operational from  Mondays to Fridays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.”, the statement concluded. 

  • Customs Zone C FOU makes seizures worth over N5b

    Customs Zone C FOU makes seizures worth over N5b

    • Promotes 49 officers

    The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “C” has recorded seizures of N5,351,826,390 in the 2023 fiscal year.

    The Zone “C” Comptroller, Kayode Kolade, while decorating 49 promoted officers in the zone, on Wednesday, described the seizures as a result of hard-work, resilience, dedication to duty and commitment of his men and officers.

    Some of the items seized, he said, were pangolin scales, foreign parboiled rice, cannabis sativa (AKA Indian hemp), fake pharmaceutical products, tramadol, used vehicles, used tyres, used clothing and explosive raw materials among others.

    The Comptroller also said that as a result of the interventions of his officers in checkmating the activities of fraudulent agents at the seaports, lots of revenues, hitherto lost, have been recovered to the tune of N152,492,214.

    On the promotion, he said three officers were promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) to the rank of Assistant Comptroller (AC); Five from Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) and three from the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC) to SC.

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    “Also, two (2) officers from Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I) to DSC; six from ASC II to ASC I; seventeen from IC to ASC II ; eight from Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) to IC and one person from Customs Area I (CA I) to AIC.

    Among those promoted were the Zone’s Public Relations Officer, Jerry Attah, who was promoted from Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC).

    He charged the promoted officers to live above board and continue to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Service.

    He also thanked the Comptroller-General, Wale Adeniyi for his continued support and fatherly disposition which has resulted in the promotion of officers and eased up the activities of officers.

    He said: “Let me use this opportunity to appreciate the Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi and his management team through the Board of the NCS for this privilege and promise our determination and zeal to perform even more as we wear our new ranks.”

  • Customs intercepts 20,000kg endangered species

    Customs intercepts 20,000kg endangered species

    Special Wildlife Office of Customs  has said it intercepted over 20,000 kilogrammes of wildlife from poachers in three years.

     Speaking at a meeting with Wildlife Justice Commission & United States Fish Wildlife Services (USFWS) in Lagos, an officer of Customs Special Wildlife Office, Assistant Comptroller, Abimbola Animashaun, said her office secured 12 convictions.

     Animashaun noted, before now, the service recorded no prosecution of suspected poachers, but since the creation of the office, Nigeria has taken centre stage in the fight against poaching and trafficking of endangered species.

     She said: “We have seized over 20 tons,  that is over 20,000 kilogrammes of wildlife and endangered species and it is not just about the arrest but the fact that we have prosecuted 12 cases successfully. That is coming from zero to 12 is a lot. Before 2021, we had zero prosecution from Nigeria, but now, we have 12 in the past one and a half to two years.

    “It’s a huge work we have done. And it just goes to show that we are collaborating with other agencies…” Animashaun said.

    USFWS Attachee,  Brian Geourgous, reiterated U.S. support and commitment to Customs through training, equipment and others.

    “Well, U.S. will focus on assisting Customs the best way we can in some of these border areas that may be porous and may be seeing an influx of wildlife-related products undeclared.

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    “I think Customs is doing a great job. We’re here to assist and implement some training and some other areas where we feel we may help. Over the last years, USFWS has done great in investigations, which is one of the reasons I’m here. And that’s an area we see we can assist Customs ,” he said.

    He, however, commended the service for their effort in combatting smuggling and poaching of wildlife, thereby, calling for improvement in strategies.

     Right now, we are going to start implementing some of the strategies that myself and Abimbola and Nigeria Customs Service have talked about. We are at the point now where we’re actually going to stop talking so much and start doing more. 

    Like any agency around the world, whether in Nigeria or in the United States of America, we have to adapt and change with the criminal elements. They change, we also need to change. So, as government agents, we need to learn and adapt in other to overcome and that’s part of the reason that I am here to assist,” he stated

  • Tin Can Customs Command gets N1.13tr target

    Tin Can Customs Command gets N1.13tr target

    A revenue target of N1.13 trillion has been allocated to the Tin Can Island Port Command by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for this year.

    The Area Comptroller of Tincan Island Port Command,  Dera Nnadi, announced this at a press conference yesterday in Lagos.

     “The target allocated to Tincan Island Port command out of the national target is 27 per cent.

    “Last year, our revenue target was N801.5 billion out of which we were able to collect N716.5 million, which represents 89 per cent of our target.

    “However, in 2024, due to our hard work, following our beautiful performance in 2023, the Controller-General of Customs (CGC) and its management, allocated a revenue target of N1.13 trillion.

    “This translates to a monthly target of N94.23 billion, which translates to N21.7 billion every week and that means on a daily basis officers and men of the command with the support of stakeholders are supposedly to collect N4.23 billion every day,” he said.

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    Nnadi urged stakeholders not to be alarmed by the 2024 goal, stating that it could be achieved with the dedication of the command’s officers and men.

    He explained that although the command’s weekly target for 2023 was N66 billion, they averaged N76 billion from June to December, indicating that the 2024 target could be achieved.

    Providing insight on the strategies to be deployed in achieving their target, the Comptroller noted: “This year 2024 in the command has been declared as the year of stakeholders.

    “We believe that they are going to reciprocate the kind gesture for us by declaring the appropriate duty, correct declaration and be compliant.

    “Others is that the service had directed that every command must engage with what the CGC calls environmental scan by studying the environment and optimising opportunities inherent .

    “They are going to attach themselves to the policy landscape the ministry of finance will offer, engage stakeholders and to that effect, engage the national trade facilitation committee to conduct a time release study in Tincan in the month of February.

    “We are mandated to optimise operational preparedness by embracing technological advancements in customs’ modernization,” he said.

    Nnadi similarly announced that the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi has directed that technical capacity of every officer be enhanced and pledged to improve the welfare of officers.

    “If that is the case, we have been given the motivation to ensure that the revenue target will be collected,” he stressed.

  • MM Airport parking; Customs; Give millstones for corruption

    MM Airport parking; Customs; Give millstones for corruption

    We hail the new experience at Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA). The officials generally are more courteous and willing to work as their responsibility, not a favour. Access and unloading remain problematic. We all hailed the four or five lane highway to the MMAirport, Lagos, thinking it would bring succour to the agony previously experienced trying to drop off passengers. Of course, it did, briefly. But why did Nigeria spend billions per kilometre, to meet international standards, only to close all but one lane to traffic by ‘security’ fiat? Wasteful. The Military Command should upgrade the MMAirport Checkpoint to open and monitor all four or five lanes and not a ‘one lane checkpoint’.

    It is not a 2024 airport access strategy to shut three or four lanes ‘for security reasons’. This bottleneck is costing Nigeria dearly in reputation, time and money. It will cost Nigerian nothing, but a larger military detail of 20 men in three or four rotations, to man all 4-5 lanes at once, 24/7 and keep the lanes open. Airport authorities and the federal government should not allow a bottleneck single lane security detail to frustrate their efforts. OPEN, BUT CONTINUE TO SECURE, ALL AIRPORT ACCESS LANES. This is 2024.        

    As we exit the MMAirport from the luggage hall we all face two exits ‘GREEN’ NOTHING TO DECLARE and ‘RED’ SOMETHING TO DECLARE. Surprisingly we witnessed Customs officers herding, like cattle, all passengers towards the ‘RED’ and stopping them from voluntarily going down the GREEN lane. Since two flights had arrived at the same time, imagine the unnecessary human and luggage jam, of 500 passengers that such a unilateral decision caused, against standard Customs Control standards. A Customs official has no right to force arriving passengers TO GO RED when they have nothing to declare and move TO GO GREEN. CCTV review by senior customs and airport staff in the luggage/customs exit will reveal the uniformed Customs officer culprits. Perhaps for them they prefer the old ways of everyone running the gauntlet of Customs greeting ‘wetin you carry’.

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    On exiting the Customs, after search, there is an unusually long journey to where the cars are. The journey included carefully guiding, with dangerous difficulty, heavily laden luggage racks down too steep ramps threatening the lives of passengers walking down the ramps ahead of the racks. Finally on ground level it is not yet Uhuru! Where is the car?

    ‘Car finding’ is a career move at MMAirport for every passenger on arrival back home. Worldwide, millions of passengers arrive and drop off and pickup seamlessly every minute of every day except in Nigeria, where car finding is actually made so hard as to appear to actually be nuclear physics. Why can the MMAirport authority’s transport division not work out a better passenger friendly mode instead of clamping at every opportunity? We do not even have to think. Why do we not follow the lead of Heathrow, Dallas, and Gatwick etc. and separate the pavement with high overhead labels into 10 metre A, B, C, D, E etc. 10 metre segments.  This will make it easy for passengers and drivers to locate each other especially now that all cars look alike. Immediately simply giving passengers more exit access to the apron making it longer. This is essential as the key is to spread the passengers and their mountains of luggage evenly out over a wider area, not confine them to the immediate exit area where no one wants to take second place.         

    The federal government should get the leadership of the country’s MDAs embroiled in massive anti-masses corruption to apologise to Nigerians on their way to prison. Nigeria likes to keep massive theft separate from the health and infrastructural losses caused by the theft of that stolen money. Let us actually equate stolen money to blood loss and life loss.  A pint of blood is N6-8,000. When you steal N8,000,000, the human cost of the mass criminality  is that you deprive Nigeria of 1,000 pints of blood. What is a life worth? Everything and nothing? You name the price please.

    My lifelong work, like for others, revolved around assisting brave women to bring life, truly priceless, into the world and sometimes seeing them lose their own lives and the babies in ‘The Most Dangerous Day In The Life Of A Woman’ and totally needlessly because someone had stolen the money for the blood through administrative theft or there was no electricity- a ‘from Abuja with love’ problem. What is the price of life? We need a price to quantify the human loss from the massive financial criminality in governance. N1m/life? So, someone stealing N100m actually takes 100 lives, N1b=1,000 lives. Corruption is certainly, a life sentence crime.

    In fairness, government sometimes comes up with genuine people-uplifting programmes, but without close forensic and ICPC and EFCC preventive monitoring, they too often are rubbished by the greed of the delivery chain which mutates into a greedy frenzy government food chain with little for the children. For years the school feeding scheme, NSIP, and even the NSITF, National Social Insurance Trust Fund activities, could have been textbook normal, amazing, but were subject to administrative and operational greed, stealing from children, women and workers nationwide. To steal the food and schoolbooks of children is a heinous crime, as it ‘better that a millstone, not a diamond chain, be put around the person’s neck etc. We need a lot of millstones. Think about it.

  • Customs: Tincan Command targets N1.13trn in 2024

    Customs: Tincan Command targets N1.13trn in 2024

    A revenue target of N1.13 trillion has been allocated to the Tincan Island Port Command by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for 2024.

    Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Area Controller of Tincan Island Port Command, announced this at a press conference on Tuesday, January 16, in Lagos.

    He said: “The target allocated to Tincan Island Port command out of the national target is 27 per cent.

    “Last year 2023, our revenue target was N801.5 billion out of which we were able to collect N716.5 million which represents 89 per cent of our target.

    “However, in 2024, due to our hard work, following our beautiful performance in 2023, the Controller General of Customs (CGC) and its management, allocated a revenue target of N1.13 trillion.

    “This translates to a monthly target of N94.23 billion, which translates to N21.7 billion every week and that means on a daily basis officers and men of the command with the support of stakeholders are supposedly to collect N4.23 billion every day,” he said.

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    Nnadi encouraged stakeholders not to be alarmed by the 2024 goal, stating that it can be achieved with the dedication of the command’s officers and men.

    He explained that although the command’s weekly target for 2023 was N66 billion, they averaged N76 billion from June to December, indicating that the 2024 target could be achieved.

    Providing insight on the strategies to be deployed in achieving their target, the Comptroller noted: “This year 2024 in the command has been declared as the year of stakeholders.

    “We believe that they are going to reciprocate the kind gesture for us by declaring the appropriate duty, correct declaration and be compliant.

    “Others is that the service had directed that every command must engage with what the CGC calls environmental scan by studying the environment and optimising opportunities inherent .

    “They are going to attach themselves to the policy landscape the ministry of finance will offer, engage stakeholders and to that effect, engage the national trade facilitation committee to conduct a time release study in Tincan in the month of February.”

    “We are mandated to optimise operational preparedness by embracing technological advancements in customs’ modernisation.

    Nnadi, similarly announced that the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi has directed that technical capacity of every officer be enhanced, and pledged to improve the welfare of customs officers.

  • NCS commits to ending petroleum products smuggling in 2024

    NCS commits to ending petroleum products smuggling in 2024

    The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has expressed commitment to end petroleum products smuggling in 2024.

    The Comptroller General (C-G) of NCS, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, also said that the service would block all attempts to smuggle weapons and other contraband into the country.

    Adeniyi made this known yesterday in Abuja, at a news conference on the NCS activities in 2023.

    “Our zero approach towards smuggling, especially that of petroleum products out of the country –  rice, arms and ammunition – would be rigorously enforced.

    “We remain resolute on addressing border management challenges, balancing security concerns with trade facilitation,“ he said.

    Adeniyi added that the NCS had conducted vigorous campaign against smuggling and illicit trade in 2023 which resulted in 3,806 seizures of illicit items, including artifacts, antiquities, drugs, food products, and endangered species of flora and fauna, among others.

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    “Remarkably, we also achieved during this period, a total of 52 convictions, 11 of them specifically linked to illicit trade in animal wildlife.

    “This is also a record performance through diligent prosecution of our cases and the successful conviction of some of those criminals that were apprehended,“ the C-G said.

    Adeniyi said that the service would continue to sanitise trade activities and strengthen its anti-smuggling strategies, as part of efforts to achieve its 2024 revenue target of N5.7 trillion.

    He announced that the service in 2023 generated N3.2 trillion, the highest ever recorded in the history of the NCS.

    According to him, this represents 21.4 per cent increase in the revenue generated compared to the same period in 2022.

    He explained that their 2023 performance was remarkable given the fact that the NCS recorded revenue shortfall of N532 billion in the first half of 2023.

    He, however, said that the service still has operational challenges in the area of inadequate infrastructure, delay in policy implementation,  social and political factors.

    Adeniyi explained that measures such as the establishment of a revenue recovery team, streamlining of enforcement operations and extensive stakeholders engagement were being taken to reverse the operational challenges.

    The C-G pledged that the service services would adopt innovative measures and deploy technology in its operations to align with global best practices.

    He added that they would revamp the electronic auction platform for more robust operations, prevent infiltration by hackers, and ensure transparency and efficiency.

  • Customs nabs 136 smugglers

    Customs nabs 136 smugglers

    • Seizes N10b military hardware, goods

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, said yesterday that it had arrested 136 suspected smugglers, who smuggled imported rice, vehicles, military hardware, fake drugs, explosive materials and other prohibited items worth N10.395 billion last year. Addressing reporters at a news briefing in Lagos, the Area Controller of the unit, Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, said in 2023, the unit made 1,119 seizures comprising posh vehicles, imported rice, marijuana, tramadol, used tyres, poultry products, foot wears, petroleum products, among others.

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    He said the most prominent of the seizures made were 139 trailer loads (83,170 of 50kg) bags of foreign parboiled rice.

    Giving a breakdown of other seizures, he said the unit seized 13,706 kegs by 25 litres of PMS, 8,372 Kg of Indian hemp, 2,942 pieces of tyres, 2,153 bales of used clothes and 3,095 cartons of frozen poultry.

    Others items are 320 cartons of illicit drugs, 15 pieces of bullet proof jackets, 15 pieces of jack knives, 68 pieces of military camouflage, 450 drums X 106 kg of carbide, 1 X 40 ft and 2 X 20 ft containers found to contain charcoal and 132 units of foreign used vehicles.

  • Customs reopens e-auction platform

    Customs reopens e-auction platform

    • Says no fiscal policy on export of Dangote petroleum product yet

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday revealed its plan to reopen it’s e-auction platform that was suspended a couple of years ago.

    Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the Comptroller General, Adewale Adeniyi, explained how it has been fortified, noting, “This is what we have done and this is what we are going to formally kickstart next week.”

    He recalled that the platform which was introduced about five years ago was suspended due to a deluge of complaints from the general public.

    According to him, the users complained about lack of inclusion, which prevented them from participating in the exercise.

    Adeniyi also noted that hacker compromised the platform.

    He said: “The e-auction platform: we used the word when it is going to be launched.

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    “Now there are a number of concerns regarding the operation of that platform when it was launched about four or five years ago.

    “There are issues about inclusion of people. There are complained that they were not allowed to be part of it.

    “There were issues about hacking of the system and we need to strengthen this system so that the incidents that were complained will be limited.”

    He however noted that the platform has now been strengthen to accommodate more users.

    He added that it has also been fortified to stand the pressure of rush from eager participants.

    He said the guidelines for participation of this have been widely circulated and NCS has  placed some adverts in the papers and on the website.

     He urged the public to beware of criminals who might attempt to highjack the process.

    The Customs boss added that “We urge them to be very careful when they are dealing with information related to this auction.

    “They should rely on information provided only from our authentic platforms:  Customs website, social media handles, which the PRO has announced in those adverts.”

    Although Nigerians are upbeat that the country will soon become an exporter of petroleum products and collect its duty, the NCS said the Federal Government is yet to issue any fiscal policy on Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

    Asked to disclosed how the service will collect export duty on the petroleum products the refinery may export to other countries,  Adeniyi said he is not aware of any fiscal policy on the refinery or any other refinery product export.

    He however, said the NCS is ready to implement any fiscal policy the government may introduce on the export of refined petroleum products.

    He said, “I am not aware of exports which are being charged. This will be a fiscal policy.

    “If we are so directed to collect exports for these products on petroleum products from Dangote Refinery or any other refinery, of course, we will.

    “But presently, under the extant policy, there is none” 

    The Customs boss revealed that although some borders of the Benin Republic have been official opened, some remained shutdown.

    According to him, “So, currently, the places that are opened are Seme, Idiroko officially.”

    Adeniyi said there is an ongoing deliberation between Nigeria’s National Security Adviser and that of Benin Republic on the reopening of the other borders.

    The Comptroller General said, “There are still discussions ongoing within the country, office of the National Security Adviser and with our counterpart in Republic of Benin to ensure that we put in place the requirements, have the shared understanding of what we need to do and how we have to monitor in case the decision is taken to open the rest of the border.”

    The Customs boss wondered why people see the border as a spot whereas it occupies nearly 1,000km.

    He said, “When we talk about Benin Republic border, we talking as if it is a point on the map, whereas there are sever points on the map. This border between Nigeria and Benin stretches for almost 1,000 km if you take it all the way Seme across to Ilela.

    “There are points along the entire stretch that are opened officially. There are a number of points that are not. So, it is a dynamic thing.”