Mr Chedi Wada, Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “B”, Kaduna has lamented that smugglers have been utilizing faux presidential quantity plates to ship automobiles throughout the nation.
In accordance with Wada, they’ve additionally been dubiously utilizing such faux quantity plates belonging to varied states and native governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils and different governmental establishments.
Wada disclosed this when he obtained Bashir Rabe-Mani, NAN Zonal Supervisor (ZM) in Kaduna Zonal Workplace, who paid him a courtesy name.
He mentioned, ”Customs is not going to relent and can proceed to do its finest by not permitting smugglers to make use of the previous techniques of utilizing the presidential quantity plates and different governmental establishments to smuggle luxurious automobiles into the nation.
”This is among the menaces we’re having. It’s saddening how car smugglers are ridiculing the apex seat within the nation by utilizing presidential faux plate numbers utilizing them on newly smuggled vehicles to deceive customs.”
In accordance with him, customs are effectively skilled personnel and might simply establish faux numbers and can’t be performed by the previous tips.
The comptroller mentioned, “We’re not pleased with them, it’s too unhealthy for them to be enjoying with the presidency, that’s why we at all times put a heavy hammer on these utilizing the presidency on false cases on smuggled automobiles.
“Allow them to respect the presidency, we should respect the presidency.”