Jerry Attah, public relations officer, federal operation unit, zone A of the
Nigeria Customs service, Ikeja, Lagos, Friday declared point-blank that officials
of the anti-smuggling agency have the power to break into a warehouse in their
attempt to perform their constitutional duties.
Speaking
when he met with members of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, (CRAN)
at Mike Okiro Media Center at Ikeja GRA,Lagos, Attah said that the powers conferred
on customs officials by the law are not limited to seizing smuggled goods at
the borders only.
His words: “customs officials have
the power to break into warehouses or storm open markets in order to seize
smuggled goods, anywhere in the country”.
Attah
further disclosed that FOU is the police arm of the customs, saddled with the responsibility
of checkmating the activities and operations of other customs units across the
federation.
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