Price Of Nigerian Petrol Makes Smuggling Into Neigboring Countries Attractive

<blockquote><b>The relative cheapness of petrol in Nigeria makes it attractive for smugglers to divert the product from Nigerian destinations to neigbouring countries.</b><br><br><br><i>The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, said this on Friday when Operations Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, held a press briefing in Yola announcing further seizures of petrol said to have been packaged by smugglers for diversion from Adamawa State.</i><br><br>DAILY POST recalls that the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the NCS had only on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 announced confiscation of over 36,000 litres of petrol allegedly being moved out of Adamawa and Taraba States towards Cameroon.<br><br><br>In a message at the NCS press briefing, which was held at the AdamawaTaraba Area Command headquarters of the NIS in Yola, the Chief Executive of the NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed claimed that because petrol is cheapest in Nigeria when compared to neigbouring countries, people diverting the product to such countries find the illegal activity tempting, hence their persistence in their smuggling activities.<br><br>The Adamawa State Coordinator of the NMDPRA, Dr Bashir Sirajo had admitted earlier on, that a huge volume of petrol designated for locations in Adamawa State were frequently being diverted by smugglers.<br><br>Speaking on the activities of Operation Whirlwind in Adamawa State in the last five weeks, its National Coordinator, Husssaini Ejibunu said the Operation carried out series of seizures of petrol and some vehicles in which they were being conveyed.<br><br><br>He gave the aggregate duty paid value of both petrol and vehicles as N63,046,750.<br><br><b>The seized items, the coordinator announced, include 1,959 25-litres of Jerry cans, equivalent to 48,975 litres; and five vehicles (three cars and two pickups), being the means of conveyance of some of the seized petrol.</b><br><br>He said <b>the Operation Whirlwind had its machinery to ensure that Nigerias borderlines are watertight.</b><br><br><br><i>We are resolved more than ever before to give smugglers a tough fight,</i> Ejibunu said.<br><br></blockquote>Source: <a rel=ugc href="https://dailypost.ng/Price-of-Nigerian-petrol-makes-smuggling-into-neigboring-countries-attractive-NMDPRA">https://dailypost.ng/Price-of-Nigerian-petrol-makes-smuggling-into-neigboring-countries-attractive-NMDPRA</a>
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