Customs Set To Deploy Modern Technology To Man Ogun Porous Borders

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko, disclosed on Monday that work is in progress towards resuscitating the long-abandoned multi-million Naira scanning machine put in place at the Idiroko Border as part of measures to meet the core mandate of service.

Customs Area Controller (CAC) for Ogun Area 1 Command, Comptroller Mohammed Shuaibu, made this disclosure while speaking with Newsmen during the year 2025 commemoration of the International Customs’ Day held in Idiroko Border in Ipokia Local Government Area of the state.

Shuaibu explained that the command has consistently been a pillar of operational excellence, contributing immensely to fighting smuggling activities and revenue generation for the country, even amidst trade facilitation due to the strategic location of the border.

Speaking at the commemoration event, which had in attendance heads of other security agencies, which included representatives of the Nigerian Army,  the Police, Immigration Service, DSS, NDLEA, NSCDC, as well as that of the Customs Service from the neighbouring Republic of Benin among other stakeholders, Shuaibu vowed that celebration of the year 2025 edition of the Day would afford NCS to evolve innovative means through which Customs’ operations could be enhanced.

While emphasising the need to deepen stakeholders’ collaborations, the CAC further promised that the Service would leverage modern technology to address all emerging challenges, enabling it to uphold the ideals of efficiency in discharging its duties to the country.

LEADERSHIP recalled that the Ogun 1 Command of NCS has, on many occasions, burst a series of criminal activities, particularly smugglers who had attempted smuggling firearms and ammunition into the country but were intercepted at the command through the networks of its intelligence.