The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Directorate, has lauded its collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, stressing that it has yielded impressive operational results and improved relationship between the two agencies.
This disclosure was made in Kano by the EFCC’s Acting Zonal Director, Kano Directorate, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Friday . S. Ebelo, while receiving students of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, who visited the Kano Directorate on an educational visit.
According to him, “Our collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service has led to the interception of smuggled goods, recovery of illicit funds, and arrest of high-profile economic offenders. The fight against illegal trade and money laundering requires that we understand each other’s operational frameworks. This visit is a step toward building a more formidable, coordinated response”.
He also stated that the visit, themed: “Customs Protect Society Through Effective Interagency Collaboration and Border Control”, underscored the critical role of seamless interagency collaboration in safeguarding Nigeria’s borders and economy. The delegation, comprising mid-level and senior officers of the NCS, was led by the Commandant of the College, Assistant Controller General of Customs, D. Gaura.
Speaking further on the visit, Ebelo emphasized that no single agency can effectively combat cross-border financial crimes, smuggling, and other economic sabotage without robust intelligence sharing and joint operations. He noted that the EFCC and NCS shared a common mandate in protecting the nation’s revenue and economic integrity.
In his remarks, Gaura commended the EFCC for its transparency and operational effectiveness. He explained that the study tour was designed to expose the students to the practical realities of interagency synergy, adding that modern Customs administration goes beyond cargo examination to include intelligence-driven financial investigations.
He stressed that Customs officers must understand how the EFCC tracks proceeds of smuggling, transborder crimes and how the two agencies can jointly disrupt the financial lifelines of organized cross-border crime. While emphasizing on the theme of the tour, Guara stated that the visit reflected his conviction that Customs’ protection of society is only fully realized when the service works hand-in-hand with the EFCC and other law enforcement bodies.
Highlights of the visit included a lecture session delivered by the Head of Visa Fraud Malpractice Section, Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Victor Ikang on the theme of the tour. Also featured in the tour was a question and answer session held between the students and the Acting Zonal Director on issues related to confiscated items linked to currency smuggling, money laundering and other financial crimes.
The students also participated in an interactive session on intelligence sharing protocols, joint investigation procedures, and legal frameworks governing interagency collaboration.
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