Customs intercepts thousands of donkey male genitals at Lagos Airport

Seven thousand pieces of donkey male genitalia intended for export to Hong Kong have been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Mohammed Airport Cargo Command.

This information was provided by the Customs Area Controller Sambo Dangaladima while displaying to news reporters sixteen (16) sacks of donkey male genitalia with a duty paid value of N216,212,813.

Sambo explained that the importers falsely declared the illegal wildlife parts as cow male genitals, however, after due examination, it was discovered that they were Donkey male genitals.

“It’s the first time we are seizing this type of item, we will not allow such illegal wildlife trade thrive under our watch” Dangaladima explained.

The male genitals were handed over to the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service represented by Deputy Superintendent, Adebimpe Adetunji.

Subsequently, the Command handed over nine hundred and twelve (912) packs of thirty-nine, thousand four hundred and ninety-one (39,941) tablets of fake pharmaceutical products ( without NAFDAC registration number) imported from Pakistan to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and control represented by the Operations Officer SAHCOL, Hassan Yusuf.

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“I would like to appreciate the Nigeria Customs Service for these great interceptions they have been doing, we need a lot of synergies to eradicate illegal importation of fake pharmaceuticals.

The inscriptions on the drugs are in the Arabic language, “how will a common man know this” he asked.

Reiterating the need for a saner Society, Comptroller Sambo Dangaladima beaconed on Importers to dwell on the acceptable milligrams of Tramadol allowed for importation as he also handed over one thousand, one hundred and fifty-eight packs of one hundred and fifteen thousand, eight hundred tablets of Tramadol to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

“The required milligram is 100 and it must be properly documented, two hundred and twenty-five is not allowed, we want everyone to follow and key into the system by doing the right thing, we have no other country but Nigeria.”

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The Operation Officer NDLEA in charge of SAHCOL shed, Aminu Sankefi, thanked the Service for the continuous synergy in the fight against illicit substances, “the Comptroller is up and doing, there is adequate communication between us, based on intelligence gathering” He reiterated.