Repatriation of grains: Sokoto-Zamfara Customs releases 15 trucks in compliance to presidential directive

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The recent directive by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to release all grains that have been confiscated to their legitimate owners so that they will be sold in local markets has started yielding fruit as the Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command has complied.

The Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has therefore released 15 Trucks of Grain under its custody to their respective owners.

Handing over the trucks of grain at the Command Headquarters Sokoto, controller of the command, Comptroller Kamal Mohammed charged the Traders to reciprocate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,’s magnanimity by ensuring that the Grains are sold to Nigerian not to turn back to export it.
In a release signed by SC Abdullahi Tsafe Abubakar, Public Relations officer of the command made available to Nation Update, Compt. Kamal further said the Command in collaboration with Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) will monitor the sales of these Grains in Nigeria Markets and ensure they are not smuggled out of the Country.

He further enlightened Traders and the general public that grains and its derivatives are under the extant Export Prohibition list.

The Comptroller warned smugglers to desist from their dastardly act as the Management of the NCS under the leadership of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR in their resolve to fight smuggling in all ramification has added to the patrol fleet of the Command.

This he said will go a long way in making the border unsafe for smugglers and their nefarious acts of milking the Country.

In response, the secretary of the Grain sellers Association of Sokoto Alh. Dahiru Ladan on behalf of the Union thanked President Tinubu for tempering justice with mercy and assured that the Union will ensure the grains are sold to Nigerian markets as expected of them