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Senate Asks Customs To Return Seized Goods To Traders by Sportz: 8:02am On May 05, 2021
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions yesterday asked the Nigeria Customs Service to return the goods it seized from rice traders’ shops in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The committee’s chairman, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, stated this after his panel heard a petition from the rice traders.


The traders had, through Senator Kola Balogun (Oyo South), petitioned the Senate, alleging that men of the Nigerian Customs invaded Oja Oba and Bodija markets in Ibadan, and carted away goods worth millions of Naira.

Senator Akinyelure urged the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, represented by Assistant Comptroller General Garba Mohammmed, to return the seized goods to the traders within two weeks, unlock their shops and return the money taken from the shops.

Responding, Mohammmed said: “Section 147 of the Customs Act has empowered us for the purpose of carrying out the powers given to police officers to search premises where there is ground to suspect that contrabands were concealed, whether day or night.

Ibadan Market Invasion: Senate Asks Customs To Return Seized Goods To Traders

“We have the right to break windows or shops where there are reasonable grounds.

“The seizure was based on intelligence gathering. We don’t intend to put people out of business. The CG of Customs is a transparent person. The case of Katsina state, I don’t know the circumstances. If it is foreign rice, I doubt if it would have been returned.”

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Re: Senate Asks Customs To Return Seized Goods To Traders by helinues: 8:02am On May 05, 2021
Abi dem don release am ni
Re: Senate Asks Customs To Return Seized Goods To Traders by JagabanDesign: 8:03am On May 05, 2021
Make I hear say Dem return am
Re: Senate Asks Customs To Return Seized Goods To Traders by Lifebefair(f): 8:08am On May 05, 2021
Greedy and selfish leaders while putting the majority on affordable death on daily basis.

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