By BON PETERS, Port Harcourt

The Nigeria Customs Service Area 11 Command Onne, Rivers State, says it has upped its annual revenue generation target of N618 billion in 2024 by hitting 89 percent of the Command annual revenue target as its revenue generation as at Monday, November 11, 2024 stood at over N550B. It also announced that the Command has recorded another unprecedented feat in its anti-smuggling war, intercepting 21 containers of Illicit drugs,and donkey skin with Duty paid value (DPV) of N46B,invariably putting the total seizures in 10 months to 63 Containers with DPV of over N103B.

Disclosing this on Monday during a press briefing by the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Mohammed Babandede at Onne Port, he said: “You will recall exactly two months and seven days ago, precisely 4th of September 2024 the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi mfr was in Onne Port where he showcased series of significant seizures made by the diligent officers of the Area 2 Command. Twelve (12) containers were displayed of illicit goods intercepted through a combination of intelligence gathering, inter-agency collaboration, and meticulous physical examination."

Continuing, the Onne Customs boss said: “The security concern from the series of seizures of contraband goods made through this port led to the declaration of a three month state of emergency where the Command have been granted the authority to scrutinize all suspected containers, regardless of the presence of their owners.”