The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Colonel Hameed Ali, gave the approval for the reversal of an earlier policy in October 2015, which allowed rice imports through the land borders, once appropriate duty and charges were paid
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The items were suspected to have been preserved with chemicals meant for the preservation of dead bodies by the smugglers
Dimka made the disclosure while receiving the Zone ‘A’ Coordinator of the NCS, Eporwei Edike
The statement said: “Intelligence reports reaching headquarters indicate some form of compromise by officers where deliberate acts of impunity are perpetuated through illegal berthing of ships/vessels and mid-stream discharge of cargo other than officially designated Customs Ports despite existing circulars
This was contained in a document obtained exclusively by Ships and Ports Daily
He said: “The minimum jail term for corrupt officers is five years, but I will make sure that any officer found to be corrupt gets the maximum jail term of 10 years
The six Officers, who are of the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General, will occupy the positions of Deputy Comptrollers-General in acting capacity
The resignation became public knowledge on Thursday night
From records, the 843 cartons of imported fake drugs are: 696 cartons of fake imported Lubumol and 153 cartons of tramodol analgesics, amounting to a Duty Paid Value of N163,260,000.00