Customs Generate N3.7trn At Apapa Port In 16 Months

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated a whopping N3.7 trillion revenue in the last 16 months.

The command also intercepted contrabands worth several billion naira in the months under review.

This was disclosed in a document made available to journalists on Thursday  to analyse ACG Babatunde Olomu’s tenure as the command’s Customs Area Controller.

Olomu, who assumed leadership of the command on May 5, 2024, generated N3.7 trillion between May 2024 and July 2025.

Giving a breakdown, the command generated N175.139 billion in May 2024; N178.265 billion in June; N201.853 billion in July; N189.544 billion in August; N193.930 billion in September; N264.455 billion in October; N229.320 billion in November and N252.530 billion  in December 2024.

In January 2025, ACG Olomu generated N269. 323 billion; N216.988 billion in February; N215.910 billion in March; N230.713 billion in April; N230.712 billion in May; N209.181 billion in June; N214.509 billion in July; and N215,000 generated in August, giving a total of N3.709 trillion in the last 16 months he held sway as the Customs Area Controller of Apapa.

According to the document, in the 15 months Olomu held sway, the command intercepted 75 seizures of various items such as assorted rifles, ammunition, expired pharmaceuticals, fake drugs and even banned substances such as Codeine, Tramadol, used clothing, expired margarine, codeine syrup, wild animal skins, and stolen vehicles.

Other seizures included containers of codeine syrup, stolen vehicles, restricted security gadgets, including drones and telecommunication devices.

Additionally, 60 units of warrior drones without valid end-user certificates were recovered, and another 53 helicopter drones, evacuated from a container marked CFAX3, carried an estimated duty-paid value of N2.1 million.

Ten professional FM transceiver walkie-talkies were also confiscated, along with other contraband.

The seizures, worth several billions of naira, were 62 pieces of 40ft containers and 13 pieces of 20ft containers.

However, stakeholders have commended ACG Olomu’s tenure as Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port, saying Apapa Command under him emerged as a stronghold of both revenue generation and enforcement.

They argued that Nigeria’s meeting the 2025 revenue target before year-end reflects a turning point in its fiscal independence, in which Customs remains a cornerstone and Apapa Customs plays a pivotal role.

A clearing agent, Ifeanyi Izuchukwu, commended ACG Olomu, saying it achieved the feat through collaboration between agencies and stakeholders.

“The combined feat of surpassing revenue targets ahead of schedule and intercepting billions of naira worth of contraband underscores the Nigeria Customs Service’s pivotal role in stabilising the nation’s economy and safeguarding its security.

“With the Apapa Command under ACG Olomu emerging as a stronghold of both revenue generation and enforcement, Customs has proven that technology, vigilance, and inter-agency collaboration are the backbone of Nigeria’s non-oil revenue drive. As President Tinubu rightly noted, meeting the 2025 revenue target before year-end reflects a turning point in Nigeria’s fiscal independence—one in which Customs remains a cornerstone,” he stated.

Also, the Customs CG, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, had earlier commended ACG Olomu for Intercepting contrabands that would have further threatened national security through the importation of illicit cargo into the country.

“I want to specially commend Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, and the officers working with him for this anti-smuggling exploit.

“The Apapa Command handles the highest volume of trade for NCS, collects the highest revenue, and is therefore saddled with a higher degree of expectation from the management of the Service and the government. I urge them to maintain this level of performance.

“Let me advise our port users to embrace only legitimate trade. NCS, under my leadership, is fully committed to its responsibilities in detecting all forms of concealment.”