Nigerian Customs Recovers Lawmaker’s 60 Million Naira SUV From Robbers

The Nigerian Customs has successfully assisted a lawmaker in recovering a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser SUV car.

This was disclosed by the sector coordinator of the JBPT and acting assistant comptroller of customs, Olugbenga Peter disclosed, to newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday.

Peters said the vehicle was seized from two suspected armed robbers who had allegedly snatched the car at gunpoint from the lawmaker’s driver. JBPT sector three covers Niger, Kwara, Kogi, and Benue states. He put the car’s worth at 45 million Naira and yet to be paid duty paid value at 15 million Naira.

Peters added, “Our operatives deployed to the Suleja axis of Niger State, while on routine patrol, intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV with registration number KUJ 570 MB from Abuja heading to Kaduna.

“The operatives requested the vehicle customs documents from the occupants. The two occupants who could not produce any document, disembarked from the vehicle, pretending to be making a call to the owner, and suddenly took to their heels and ran into the bush and abandoned the vehicle.

“While conducting a search on the vehicle, the operatives found a complimentary car bearing details of a National Assembly member. The said honourable member was subsequently contacted and officers were confronted with the shocking news that the vehicle in question was snatched a few hours earlier from his driver at gunpoint around the Gwarimpa axis of Abuja.

“I want to assure you that once the customs duty of the said vehicle is produced by the owner and confirmed to be genuine, the sector will hand over the vehicle to Nigeria Police Force for further investigations and theft clarification.”

He added that in the last four months, the customs task force had seized 187 cars, adding that “during the period under review, Sector 3 has intercepted a total of three stolen vehicles. Namely, Lexus RX 350 without a number plate was seized around the Benue axis, Toyota Yaris with Registration Number BEN-59-EZ was apprehended around the Lokoja Axis of the sector. It is worthy of note that Sector 3 successfully recorded 187 seizures valuing 302.6 million Naira during the period.”