Kebbi Customs Makes N25m Revenue, N109m Seizures in One Month
…To Auction 35,000 Litres of Intercepted Petrol
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi Area Command, has announced that it generated ₦25,621,609.26 in September, representing a 36.13% increase in revenue compared to the month of August.
Within the same period, the Command recorded multiple anti-smuggling breakthroughs with seizures valued at ₦109,595,761.
The disclosure was made during the Command’s maiden press briefing under the leadership of the new Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Mahmoud Matawalle Ibrahim, held on Wednesday, 8th October 2025.
The confiscated items include 100 bales of second-hand clothing, 444 laptop-sized wraps of Cannabis Sativa, 143 mini sacks of donkey meat, 140 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 100 bags of foreign parboiled rice, and 20 jerrycans of vegetable oil.
Comptroller Matawalle also disclosed the interception of 35,725 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) meant for smuggling to neighbouring countries.
The seized PMS, valued at ₦21,435,000, comprises 14,750 litres impounded by officers under Operation Whirlwind Zone B and another 20,975 litres recovered by the Kebbi Area Command.
In line with extant laws, the product will be auctioned to the public, with all proceeds remitted into the coffers of the Federal Government.
The press briefing was attended by Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) of Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) Adamu Isah Gano, represented by Superintendent of Quarantine Muhammad Bashir Abdulrazaq; Commander of Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kebbi State Command, Rabiu Abdullahi Sokoto; and the Commander, Operation Whirlwind Zone B, Assistant Comptroller of Customs N.O. Edet, alongside other senior officers and stakeholders.
In a demonstration of interagency collaboration, Comptroller Matawalle officially handed over 444 wraps of Cannabis Sativa and 143 sacks of donkey meat to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) respectively.
Representatives of both agencies commended the Customs Area Controller and pledged to sustain the partnership in combating the inflow and outflow of illicit items across the borders.
