From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Compliance Task Force has sealed the residence of a senator from Kano State, after ‘detaining’ 13 vehicles from the property.
Task Force Zonal Commander, Bala Dole, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday.
Dole, who declined to name the senator, said the vehicles were trailed from Maigatari, in Jigawa State, following intelligence report.
But, Nigeria Customs Service Public Relations Officer in charge of Kano/Jigawa, Isa Danbaba, confirmed to Daily Sun, yesterday evening, that the vehicles were “detained two months ago. It’s now new detention.”
The vehicles were 12 new Toyota Hilux and one Land Cruiser Jeep.
Regardless, Dole said 210 other vehicles were seized, alongside other items, including foodstuff worth N269.5 million in Kano and Jigawa states, within eight months.
“Based on the intelligence report, the vehicles were 30 in number but we were able to trail 13 of them, 12 of which were hidden in the senator’s compound.
“We sealed the house and retrieved the vehicles and they are now in our custody.”
He said the other items the task force confiscated during special operations include; 9,757 bags of rice, 2,916 of foreign supergetti, 2,770 cartons of foreign vegetable oil and 999 cartons of macaroni.
Dole said others were; 889 veils of second hand clothes, 50 used school bags, 110 cartons of new foreign shoes, 956 bags of mosquito coil and six fairly used cars.
“The total value of the seizure made by the task force since it was established in July 2016, excluding the 13 Senator’s vehicles, is N269.5 million,” he said.
“We are yet to determine the cost of the 13 vehicles belonging to the senator.”