THE NIGERIA Customs Service (NCS), Adamawa/Taraba Area Command, has apprehended a total of 50,495 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), valued at N58,117,550 being conveyed in 1,868 jerry cans for suspected exportation.
Mr Mohammed Tako, Area Comptroller in charge of the command, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Yola.
Tako also said that 10 bales and two sacks of second-hand clothing were seized along the Mubi-Sahuda axis.
He said that the seizures were in line with extant law which empower the Service to prevent illegal exportation of petroleum products as well as to detain, seize and forfeit smuggled goods.
He also said that the seizures were made during separate intelligence-led operations carried out at different locations within the command’s area of responsibility.
According to him, on Dec. 12, 2025, at about 2:45 a.m., officers intercepted 410 jerry cans of PMS in 25 and 30 litres capacities along the Mubi-Sahuda axis.
”Similarly on Dec. 16, 2025, at about 4:15 a.m., 362 jerry cans of 25 litres each were also seized along the Daware-Fufore axis, while on Dec. 31, 2025, at about 11:10 p.m., operatives along the Fufore-Gurin axis intercepted 330 jerry cans of PMS, in 25-litre capacities.”
He added that on Jan. 5, at about 1:28 a.m., 141 jerry cans of 25 litres each and one drum of 220 litres of PMS was seized at Wuro Bokki.
Tako further said that on Jan. 10, at about 11:00 p.m., officers intercepted a used Mercedes-Benz 911 truck conveying 625 jerry cans of PMS in 30-litres capacities along the Ndaforo-Abong axis in Taraba.
He said the seizures were effected in line with Sections 150, 245 and 246 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023.
He warned smugglers and their collaborators to desist from illegal activities, noting that the Service had intensified intelligence-driven operations across all border routes and communities.
“The Nigeria Customs Service will continue to safeguard national economic interest and ensure compliance with extant laws.
“Anyone found engaging in smuggling or aiding and abetting such acts will face the full weight of the law,” he said.
Tako commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, for his strategic leadership, and expressed appreciation to sister security agencies, for their cooperation and professionalism to duty. (NAN)
