It’s a Lie, We Didn’t Seize 13 Vehicles Belonging to Any Nigerian Senator – Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service has debunked
claims that it seized 13 vehicles belonging
to a serving lawmaker from Kano State.

Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali
The Acting Public Relations Officer, Nigeria
Customs Service, Mr Joseph Attah, says the
ongoing investigation on the seized
vehicles in Kano State has not been linked
to any Senator.
Attah announced this in a statement on
Wednesday in Abuja. Attah said the
allegation was false and capable of
misleading the general public.
He said, “Since this is capable of misleading the
public into wrong insinuations, it is imperative to
state the fact that the operatives of NCS
Compliance Team, based on credible intelligence,
trailed the movement of some smuggled vehicles
from Maigatari, Jigawa State, to a house at Magaji
Rumfa, GRA Kano.
“On Feb.7, 2017, some 11 vehicles, 10 Hilux and
one Land cruiser jeep were retrieved from the
house at Magaji Rumfa GRA, Kano and taken for
detention at the Headquarter of Customs Area
Command Kano.
“The Customs officers discovered there were no
occupants in the house, hence the gate was forced
opened to retrieve the smuggled vehicles.
“The investigation into the smuggling of the
vehicles is still on to establish the true owner.
“It is clear that whoever introduced the Senator
angle to the story is out for pure mischief and
does not represent the position of the service on
this issue.”
He called on Nigerians to discountenance
the false and misleading report.
-NAN
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