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Seme Customs Command In Remarkable Revenue Record in 2025 ...Seizes Prohibited Substance

By Anne Ejuka


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The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in 2025 recorded an  unprecedented revenue milestones as it achieved highest-ever monthly and annual revenue collections since the inception of the command

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‎According to a statement issued by the command's Public Relations Officer, SC Tunde Ayagbalo, the command in December 2025, generated a historic revenue of Three Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety Naira (₦3,628,485,590.00); the highest monthly revenue on record. 

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‎This record is attributed to the effective rollout of the One-Stop Shop (OSS) initiative of the Comptroller-General of Customs, which improves the Command's coordination and trade facilitation for stakeholders. 

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‎From January to December 2025, the Command generated a  total  of Fifteen Billion, Five Hundred and Ninety-Eight Million, Nine Hundred and Forty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Four Naira (₦15,598,945,794.00k) only, marking a remarkable 117% increase over the ₦7,166,576,397.49 recorded in 2024.

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‎The statement also stated as follows; on 11 November 2025, the Command hosted the launch of the Green Border Initiative by the National President of the Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA), Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi, featuring an empowerment programme that distributed industrial sewing machines, grinding machines, gas burners with cylinders and start-up grants to members of the COWA Seme Chapter. 

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‎On the same day, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR PhD launched a free medical outreach under the Customs Cares Initiative, delivering essential healthcare to over 1,000 beneficiaries, alongside a tree-planting exercise for environmental sustainability.

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‎In alignment with the Comptroller-General’s directive, Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, successfully reduced  checkpoints along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor to the Two (2) locations as approved by the Federal Government, significantly easing legitimate trade, minimizing delays and contributing to the Command’s outstanding revenue performance.

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‎In the area of anti-smuggling, the  Command also maintained robust operations, seizing in December 2025;  685 parcels of Cannabis sativa (Marijuana), 495 packs of Tramadol, and 2,000 packs of Super Power Sildenafil tablets (300mg) an excessively high-dosage sexual enhancement drug,  through intelligence-led operations, enhanced patrols, risk profiling and inter-agency collaboration.

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‎Comptroller Adenuga warned  smugglers that the Seme borders are no longer safe for illicit activities. With advanced intelligence, technology and unwavering vigilance, the Officers/men of the Command will intercept and prosecute offenders. He advised Smugglers to desist immediately or face the full weight of the law.

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‎Conversely, legitimate traders and compliant stakeholders are assured of a safe, conducive and efficiently facilitated Seme corridor, with seamless processes and reduced delays to support genuine cross-border commerce and economic growth.

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‎Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, expressed profound gratitude to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR Phd and the Management for their steadfast support and leadership. He also thanked the Command’s officers and men, stakeholders, sister agencies, military and paramilitary forces, the media, traditional and community leaders for their invaluable contributions, while pledging even greater achievements in 2026.

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