Customs, Immigration and Police to launch joint border patrol

Wale Adeniyi, Spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, said the Service would launch a joint border patrol with the Nigeria Immigration Service and the police.

Adeniyi disclosed this in Abuja at a press conference organised by “I-Nigerian Initiative” a Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies (FOSSRA).

He said Customs had trained 300 of its personnel and donated 30 vehicles for the joint security patrol.

He added that the joint patrol was part of efforts to strengthen the nation’s borders against the activities of smugglers.

“These are just normal things we have to do because of national security. Along the borders, we have been having seizures of arms and ammunition.

“In the last three months, more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition were seized around Oyo, Osun and Ogun borders with Benin Republic.

“These are the areas where we also recorded seizure of large amount of narcotics. We want to see a situation where agencies of government will not work as if they have individual goals, but see the issue of national security as a collective objective,” he said.

Adeniyi said that between 2009 and 2014, NCS recruited more than 5,000 personnel to boost its operations, adding that 1,000 of the number had been trained in Information Communication Technology.