The Federal Operation Unit, FOU, Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service in Imo State says it has intercepted and seized 11 exotic cars with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of about N227m between January and March 2019.

The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, while breaking it down at Customs Warehouse at Aduwawa, Benin City, Edo State on Friday, stated that the:

"DPVs of Super Charged 2013 armoured Range Rover was N16, 771,000,the 2012 model Rolls Royce was N87,480,000 and 2013 model of Mercedes Benz G63 (Brabus) is N60,000,000.

"That of 2013 Mercedes Benz ML 350 is N12,650,000 ,2018 Toyota Land Cruiser is N23,000,000 , 2010 Lexus RX350 is N9,000,000 while that of 2008 Mercedes Benz ML 350 is N5,700.

"We also have 2011 Toyota Highlander which has DPV of 7,185,000, 2018 Toyota Hilux has DPV of 29,160,000 ,2016 Mercedes Benz (GLE 450) has DPV of 20,411,000 and 2008 model of Mercedes Benz (ML 350) has DPV of N46,000,000"

The Customs Area Controller further stated that the seizures were made around the Benin area by the intelligent customs operatives of the command.



He regretted that in spite of the campaigns by the Nigeria Customs Service on television and radio stations, smugglers were still willing to continue to destroy the economy of the nation through their illicit business.

The Customs boss also noted that cars were not contraband goods but frowned on the attitude of wealthy Nigerians who tried to bring such expensive vehicles into the country without paying any duty on them.

“I, therefore, appeal to Nigerians to desist from buying and smuggling in such exotic cars that run into millions of naira without paying the commensurate duty on them"

https://autojosh.com/nigeria-customs-service-seize-11-armoured-vehicles-with-duty-paid-value-of-about-n227m-between-january-and-march-2019/

Armored vehicle of N9m

We all know its show off..the owners wll retrieve there cars.

what

Where are the vehicles?

Cars wey go end up for their compound.....



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Why pay so much to import, and try to evade import duty..penny wise pound foolish state of mind

mrAMG2:
Armored vehicle of N9m

That is the DPV, not the value if the car itself.

I pray these kids understand before they comment

k

Allow them to pay their duty ,b4 u auction them to urseves for 1m each

you guys only seize, what later happens to the said vehicle is totally unknown to everyone

Pls we need to get this clear because custom and police lies so much it even came to a time I almost belief Liar Moha+mad must have served as a police officer or custom before with the way police and custom lies.

How can someone brings in Rolls Royce with no duty paid it sound strange because that machine is no joke and can't be taken in like a cigarette packet to any country.

So I'm not teaching custom their job but I can't belief them or was it not same custom that killed innocent guy because of N5,000 bribe and still lied about it

Hmm something sound fishy

well done job

IT IS THE ELITE CLASS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUSING ALL THIS PROBLEMS TO OUR ECONOMY.

They use our COLLECTIVE COMMONWEALTH to buy exotics cars for themselves, chains of women, family members, friends, chains of synchophant.

The minister of Agriculture just throw a BOMBSHELL some few days ago.

He said there are Nigerians ( usually the rich or elite ) who use their cellphone to order PIZZA directly from London.

This pizza is brought into Nigeria flown from London to Nigeria by British Airways which they go and pick at the airport first thing in the morning.

THIS IS NIGERIA FOR YOU.

Now how can our economy grow in Nigeria if unpatriotic Nigerians continue to circumvent our economy ordering products we can produce or manufacture in Nigeria.

ayatt:



We all know its show off..the owners wll retrieve there cars.

they have even retrieved it

Pls can some one explain to me how the dpv of a 2008 ml 350 is higher than that of a 2013 ml 350?? "That of 2013 Mercedes Benz ML 350 is N12,650,000" and "2008 model of Mercedes Benz (ML 350) has DPV of N46,000,000" (according to the writeup)

Ibo boys tire me

Imagine the amount being charged as duty on 2011 Toyota Highlander. We keep making laws hard to follow and start blaming people who smuggle...

Where's the sense in charging 7.2 million on an 8 year old vehicle...

D driver is mad
Can't manage to escape with d armored car

Shame

Nigeria should review their taxes for good, why would one pay that much for a vehicle.

germanized:
Imagine the amount being charged as duty on 2011 Toyota Highlander. We keep making laws hard to follow and start blaming people who smuggle...

Where's the sense in charging 7.2 million on an 8 year old vehicle...

It is definitely not for one car. It is for the total number of such car.