Commercial activities remained low at Seme on Saturday following the reopening of Nigeria-Benin Republic border after last minute postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, says it intercepted 29 vehicles and goods worth about N1.1 billion in December, 2018.
The police have arrested a customs officer for shooting a motorist at Iya-Afin checking point, Badagry, on Wednesday.
Speaking during the official handing over to his successor, Mohammed Garba, Aliyu said that the command witnessed unprecedented increase in revenue and seizures in the last 18 months.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Saidu Abdullahi, said the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu, was carrying out the directive of the Comptroller-General to secure all land borders.
He said: “The border has been closed since yesterday, so what we are doing here is to ensure that people comply with the directive and ensure that law and order prevail during the polls
We may not have bothered to respond to the report since it is a mere repeat of the content of some other publications in the past which we have adequately responded to
Othman gave the advice in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ernest Olottah, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State