Location revealed as Customs sells petrol at N630/litre to Nigerians

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) conducted an auction on Saturday, December 21, selling about 20,000 litres of petrol to residents in Ibadan, Oyo State, at a rate of N630 per litre.

The product, confiscated by officers of Operation Whirlwind in the Oyo/Osun region, was sold at Afoo Filling Station in the Masfala area of Ibadan.

Recall that in a similar move in October, the NCS ordered the auctioning of seized petrol to residents in Adamawa state at a price of N630 per litre.

While inaugurating the sale, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, the National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, disclosed that the seized tanker and an additional 30 kegs, each containing 25 litres of petrol, were intercepted while being smuggled out of the country.

Ejibunu noted that the total quantity of the confiscated petrol, approximately 30,750 litres, had a duty-paid value of N42.75 million.

The NCS had earlier warned of the adverse impact smuggling of prohibited items like… CONTINUE READING.