Customs Generate N3.7trn At Apapa Port In 16 Months

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated a whopping N3.7 trillion gross successful the past 16 months.

The bid besides intercepted contrabands worthy respective cardinal naira successful the months nether review.

This was disclosed successful a papers made disposable to journalists connected Thursday  to analyse ACG Babatunde Olomu’s tenure arsenic the command’s Customs Area Controller.

Olomu, who assumed enactment of the bid connected May 5, 2024, generated N3.7 trillion betwixt May 2024 and July 2025.

Giving a breakdown, the bid generated N175.139 cardinal successful May 2024; N178.265 cardinal successful June; N201.853 cardinal successful July; N189.544 cardinal successful August; N193.930 cardinal successful September; N264.455 cardinal successful October; N229.320 cardinal successful November and N252.530 billion  successful December 2024.

In January 2025, ACG Olomu generated N269. 323 billion; N216.988 cardinal successful February; N215.910 cardinal successful March; N230.713 cardinal successful April; N230.712 cardinal successful May; N209.181 cardinal successful June; N214.509 cardinal successful July; and N215,000 generated successful August, giving a full of N3.709 trillion successful the past 16 months helium held sway arsenic the Customs Area Controller of Apapa.

According to the document, successful the 15 months Olomu held sway, the bid intercepted 75 seizures of assorted items specified arsenic assorted rifles, ammunition, expired pharmaceuticals, fake drugs and adjacent banned substances specified arsenic Codeine, Tramadol, utilized clothing, expired margarine, codeine syrup, chaotic carnal skins, and stolen vehicles.

Other seizures included containers of codeine syrup, stolen vehicles, restricted information gadgets, including drones and telecommunication devices.

Additionally, 60 units of warrior drones without valid end-user certificates were recovered, and different 53 chopper drones, evacuated from a instrumentality marked CFAX3, carried an estimated duty-paid worth of N2.1 million.

Ten nonrecreational FM transceiver walkie-talkies were besides confiscated, on with different contraband.

The seizures, worthy respective billions of naira, were 62 pieces of 40ft containers and 13 pieces of 20ft containers.

However, stakeholders person commended ACG Olomu’s tenure arsenic Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port, saying Apapa Command nether him emerged arsenic a stronghold of some gross procreation and enforcement.

They argued that Nigeria’s gathering the 2025 gross people earlier year-end reflects a turning constituent successful its fiscal independence, successful which Customs remains a cornerstone and Apapa Customs plays a pivotal role.

A clearing agent, Ifeanyi Izuchukwu, commended ACG Olomu, saying it achieved the feat done collaboration betwixt agencies and stakeholders.

“The combined feat of surpassing gross targets up of docket and intercepting billions of naira worthy of contraband underscores the Nigeria Customs Service’s pivotal relation successful stabilising the nation’s system and safeguarding its security.

“With the Apapa Command nether ACG Olomu emerging arsenic a stronghold of some gross procreation and enforcement, Customs has proven that technology, vigilance, and inter-agency collaboration are the backbone of Nigeria’s non-oil gross drive. As President Tinubu rightly noted, gathering the 2025 gross people earlier year-end reflects a turning constituent successful Nigeria’s fiscal independence—one successful which Customs remains a cornerstone,” helium stated.

Also, the Customs CG, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, had earlier commended ACG Olomu for Intercepting contrabands that would person further threatened nationalist information done the importation of illicit cargo into the country.

“I privation to specially commend Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, and the officers moving with him for this anti-smuggling exploit.

“The Apapa Command handles the highest measurement of commercialized for NCS, collects the highest revenue, and is truthful saddled with a higher grade of anticipation from the absorption of the Service and the government. I impulse them to support this level of performance.

“Let maine counsel our larboard users to clasp lone morganatic trade. NCS, nether my leadership, is afloat committed to its responsibilities successful detecting each forms of concealment.”