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Smuggling
By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Sokoto Sept. 20, 2016 (NAN) The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, said on Tuesday that it had introduced stringent security measures to prevent smuggling in the area.
Alhaji Sani Madugu, the Comptroller for Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto.
He said that officers posted to the border posts had been adequately briefed on the various security methods to be adopted in their areas of jurisdiction to check smuggling.
‘’Competent officers have been put on red alert in strategic areas to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in the illegal business,
“Our area of supervision is no go area for any smuggler, “he said.
Madugu added that the command had fully enlightened residents of border communities through their traditional rulers on the negative effects of smuggling on the nation’s economy.
He called for the support of the traditional rulers in mobilising their people to offer intelligence reports to the command on suspicious movement of smugglers.
Madugu said that such support would aid the command to discharge its constitutional duties effectively and without any threat. (NAN)
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