Oyo/Osun Command Seizes Contrabands worth N2.7 billion, Generates N8.3billion Revenue
Bisi Akingbade
The Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun , Comptroller Wale Moses Adewole, has disclosed a significant seizure with the sun of ₦2,701,762,558.00k made within the period under review and generated ₦8,374,471,941.10k as revenue in December 2025
He made this disclosure during his maiden press briefing at the command
His word: "I warmly welcome you to my first press briefing of the year 2026 as the Acting Customs Area Controller of the Oyo/Osun Area Command.
"Within the period under review, the Oyo/Osun Area Command recorded notable operational successes in line with the Service’s mandate of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling, and protection of the national economy.
"Within one month of my assumption as the acting-controller, the Command made significant seizures with a cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of Two Billion, Seven Hundred and One Million, Seven hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight Naira Only (₦2,701,762,558.00k);
The seized items are highlighted as follows:
Foreign Parboiled Rice
2,234 (50kg) Bags
₦385,210,215.00k, Used Tyres
1,112 Pieces, ₦256,392,990.00k, Premium Motor Spirit
562 (25Litre) Kegs ₦33,683,119.00k,
Used Clothes 124 Bales ₦782,444,250.00k, Cannabis Sativa (Indian Hemp) 37 Wraps ₦4,256,156.00k
Codeine Syrup
15 Pieces ₦432,169.00, Tramadol
10 Packs (250MG) ₦17,286,750.00k
Used Shoes 42 Sacks ₦424,507,242.00k
Others includes Foreign Spaghetti 110 Cartons ₦8,549,888.00k, Used Compressors 150 Pieces ₦15,000,000k
Pharmaceuticals 107 Cartons ₦119,180,250.00k TOKUNBO: Toyota 1 ₦95,862,375.00k Camry 1 ₦59,590,125.00k, Hyundai Sonata
1₦95,862,375.00k, Hyundai Jeep 1₦47,931,188.00k, Chevrolet EQ, Mercedes GLE 1 ₦103,635,000.00k
MEANS OF CONVEYANCE:₦69,018,750.00k
Volvo Truck 1 ₦42,673,275.00k
Volkswagen Bus J5 3 ₦140,246,441.00k with total amount ₦2,701,762,558.00k
He said these items were intercepted at various flashpoints across the Command’s Area of Responsibility through credible intelligence, sustained patrols, and strategic enforcement operations.
In the area of revenue generation, the command collected the total amount of ₦8,374,471,941.10k (Eight Billion, Three Hundred and Seventy-Four Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-One Naira, Ten Kobo) for the month of December 2025.
However, it is worthy of note that the Command’s surpassed the Revenue target of the year 2025; ₦86,297,581,081.00k (Eighty-Six Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven Million, Five Hundred and Eighty-One Thousand, Eighty-One Naira Only) with a Revenue Target Surplus of ₦13,135, 424, 793.29k (Thirteen Billion, One Hundred and Thirty-Five Million, Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three Naira, Twenty-Nine Kobo) resulting to a 15.22% increase in the year 2025 revenue target. This reflects on improved compliance, effective monitoring, and the commitment of officers to lawful trade facilitation.
