The Western Marine Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service headed by the pragmatic Compt. OA Salefu has recorded 26 seizures with duty paid value totalling N118,581,335.00 in the first half of this year.
However, the command had 18 seizures in 2022 but with higher duty paid value of N239,034,300.00.
A breakdown of the seizures for the half year revealed that one seizure was recorded in January, 2023 with a value of N506,010.00 against the four recorded the same period last year with a value of N19, 634,800.00.
In February, the command achieved five seizures valued at N20, 458,400 against four recorded the same period last year valued at N3, 904,000.00.
The command’s March seizures were four with a value of N21,767,950.00 which was a far cry from the four seizures recorded in the corresponding period last year with a huge value of N159,087,500.00.
In April the command recorded four seizures with a value of N3,594,375,000.00 compared to two seizures recorded in the same period in 2022 valued at N20,034,000.00.
In May the command recorded more seizures totalling seven valued at N66,814,600.00 against three seizures had in the corresponding month last year valued at N22,578,000.00.
In June, the enforcement command recorded only one seizure valued at N5,400,000.00 against the one seizure recorded in June last year valued at N13,796,000.00.
