Customs denies linking ownership of seized vehicles to Senate

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has refuted news report by some sections of the media that the eleven vehicles seized from a house in Kano State belonged to a Senator from Kano State.

According to the Service, the report was capable misleading the public into wrong insinuations, hence the need to clarify on the issue.

In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, it explained: “The Operatives of NCS Compliance Team, based on credible intelligence, trailed the movement of some smuggled vehicles from Maigatari, Jigawa State to a house at Magaji Rumfa, GRA Kano.

“On the 7th February, 2017, eleven (11) vehicles, 10 Hilux and one (1) Land cruiser jeep were retrieved from the house at Magaji Rumfa GRA, Kano and taken for detention at the HQ of Customs Area Command Kano.

“The officers discovered there were no occupants in the house, hence the gate was forced opened to retrieve the smuggled vehicles. The investigation into the smuggling of the vehicles is still on to establish the true owner.

“From the above, it is clear that whoever introduced the “Senator” angle to the story is out for pure mischief and does not represent the position of the service on this issue.”

“The attention of Nigerian Customs Service has been drawn to a mischievous publication in some prints and online
platforms that the service has seized vehicles belonging to a Senator in Kano.

“Since this is capable of misleading the public into wrong insinuations, it is imperative to state the facts.”
The Nigeria Customs Service therefore, urged the public to discard the news making the rounds, describing it as “false and misleading report and should be discountenanced.”