…Loses an officer in line of duty
The Kebbi Area Command of
Nigeria Customs Service has organized a parade for the first time in three years to invigorate the moral of the officers and men of the command on Monday the 10th of July 2023.
In his address, Dr. Ben Oramalugo FCIA FNIM said the essence of the parade was to encourage, instil discipline, bond the officers uniformly and to carry out the Nigeria Customs Service core mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling, trade facilitation, provide security and enhance Customs civil relationship to the host communities.
He also stressed that the officers should be their brother’s keeper and should see each other as brothers in uniform and also help each other with intelligence, reinforcement.
In another development, the Customs Area Controller received the newly appointed Commissioner of Police CP Samuel Titus Musa psc and his management team on Wednesday the 12th day of July 2023.
In his speech, The CP stated that the essence of their visit was to encourage collaboration between the two sister agencies and to solicit support whenever the need arises to fight crimes in the state.
The CAC responded by saying that the Commissioner’s visit was an extension of the hand of friendship not on official ground only but on personal ground.
He briefed the new CP on the efforts the Command is making to not only generate revenue but in anti smuggling as well as in providing security to citizens of Kebbi State.
Dr Ben stressed that Nigeria Customs Service Kebbi Command had been synergizing with Nigeria Police Force Kebbi Command to provide peaceful atmosphere to the entire people of Kebbi State for economic growth and development.
He concluded by reassuring the new CP of maximum cooperation and continuous synergy.
In another sad development, the CAC commiserated with the family of one officer, Aminu Abdullahi who was killed in the line of duty by an approaching car. The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday, 13th July, 2023 at about 0400Hrs when a 2015 Toyota Corolla model with chassis no: 2TBURHE3FC456204 rammed into the victim along tamac road, Yauri local government area of the state.
The officer was rushed to General Hospital Yauri for immediate medical attention, after a proper first aid was done; he was transferred to orthopaedic hospital Wammako, in Wammako local government area of Sokoto state. Unfortunately, he gave up the ghost after responding to treatment during the night. Thankfully, the suspect named Abdulwasiu Salawudeen who was driving the vehicle had since been brought to the Kebbi Command headquarters for further investigation.