The Coordinator of the sector 2 of the JBPT, Comptroller Nurudeen Hassan addressing the press at the the conference room of the Ogun 11 Command on Tuesday.
Story by Dili Utomi.
The Joint Border Patrol Team formerly known as the Border Drill is an interventionist entity set up by the office of the national security adviser (NSA) with the personnel drawn from the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Immigration Service, the Nigerian Police Force, the National Intelligence Agency, the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Army and others. They have the added responsibility aside from ensuring the territorial integrity of the country to make sure that illegal trade in arms and amunition, hard drugs and different forms of nefarious economic and social activities are curtailed and brought to their barest minimum.
The sector 2 of this Team covers the South West area of Nigeria and it is ably led by a Customs Comptroller Hassan Nurudeen, a knowledgeable and well experienced officer with the look of a caring doctor, but the resolve of a concrete nail. Comptroller Hassan who took over the leadership of the sector 2 of the JBPT in 2020 is also a seasoned officer of repute and one who has made great impact in carrying out the defined objectives ever since.
One of the seized items (a bullion van ) used for smuggling activities.
The Coordinator presented his scorecard on Tuesday and detailed the performance of his sector of the Team.
“In 2019, the JBPT made seizures of One Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Five Hundred and Seventy One (111,571) units of goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, Three Hundred and Forty Four Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Two Thousand, Four Hundred Naira (#1, 344,552,400.00) only”.
“The Team’s performance for 2020 are seizures of 73,764 items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of Two Billion, Five Hundred and Thirty Eight Million, Four Hundred and Forty One Thousand and Seven Hundred and Fifty Naira (#2,538,441,750.00) only”.
The Coordinator of the sector 2 of the JBPT in a group photograph with some other members of the Team.
“In 2021, the figure for seized goods is 32,135 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, Ninety Nine Million One Hundred and Seventy Three Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira (#1,099,173,800.00) only”.
The figure for 2022 shows that there have been seizures of goods to the total amount of 36,844 items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, One Hundred and Ninety Six Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, Six Naira (#1,196,322,006.00) only.
Over the period of 2019 to 2022 the total number of seized goods is 258,385 and 701 means of conveyance have also been seized. The total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of seized items over the period is thus Six Billion, One Hundred and Seventy Eight Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Three Naira (#6,178,584,153.00) only.
A most recent seizure by the Team is the 274 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa that were concealed in plastic kegs and worth about Six Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (#6750,000 .00) only. This seizure has been handed over to the officials of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and this is aside the seized 3,070 kilogrammes of another tranche of cannabis sativa worth Seventy One Million, One Hundred and Thirty Three Thousand Naira (#71,133,000.00) only.
Comptroller Hassan also said in an interview with press men after taking them round the various places where the seizures were dumped at the premises of the Ogun 11 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Abeokuta that various vehicles which include a bulion van which formed part of the means of conveyance of these illicit items were also seized and that there have been over ten (10) arrests of perpetrators with one conviction and several other prosecutions ongoing. He advised all smugglers and economic saboteurs to desist from their nefarious acts and turn good leaf for their own sakes as the Team is always very prepared to beat them at their own game.
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