The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, has assured that his Command will always outsmart smugglers through intelligence-driven operations and uncompromising enforcement.
Olomu gave the assurance on Monday, August 18, 2025, when he received the Director of Inspection and Enforcement at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Martin Iluyomade, at the Command headquarters in Lagos.
According to him, smugglers’ renewed tactics of using fake registration numbers and false declarations have consistently failed.
He stressed that the Command remains fully committed to the memorandum of understanding between the Comptroller-General of Customs and NAFDAC’s Director-General, aimed at curbing the smuggling of regulated items.
The Customs chief noted that beyond seizures, the Command is focused on apprehending suspects and handing them over for prosecution to break the human link in the smuggling chain.
He cited the recent interception of 32 containers personally supervised by the Comptroller-General during their handover to NAFDAC as proof of the strong collaboration between both agencies.
“We will continue to ensure that no law is circumvented to endanger the lives of Nigerians through unsafe food, drugs, or illegal arms and ammunition,” Olomu declared.
On his part, Dr. Iluyomade, who also chairs the Federal Task Force on Fake and Substandard Drugs, commended the Apapa Command for its “life-saving seizures.”
“You can kill one or two persons with guns, but fake drugs and unwholesome food can wipe out an entire nation. Those importing them are practically declaring war on Nigerians,” he said.
He described Comptroller Olomu as the best Area Controller Apapa has ever had, applauding his uncompromising stance and commitment to public safety.
He also urged Customs to help safeguard seized containers ahead of NAFDAC evacuation to prevent pilferage.