By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Sokoto – The Sokoto Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it had introduced stringent measures to check all forms of smuggling in the area.
Alhaji Sani Madugu, its Comptroller, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto.
He said that officers posted to border posts had been adequately briefed on various methods to be adopted in their jurisdictions.
“Our area of supervision is no go area for any smuggler as competent officers have been put on red alert in strategic areas to ensure arrest and prosecution of all those involved in the illegal businesses”, he said.
Madugu said that the command had educated the border communities, through their royal fathers, on the negative effects smuggling had on the nation’s economy.
He solicited for more support, particularly from the royal fathers, in mobilising their people to offer intelligence reports on the movement of smugglers.
