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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Students in Ogun States under the umbrella of the National Association of Ogun Students (NAOSS) have hailed the new Customs Area Controller of Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Idiroko, Oladapo Afeni, for the seizure of narcotics worth several millions of naira.
NAOSS equally commended the customs boss for his operatives’ gallantry against the economic saboteurs who tried to smuggle other prohibited items into Nigeria.
The Ogun 1 Area Command under the watch of Afeni, last Wednesday, at the Customs Sentry in Idiroko, displayed before journalists, a large amount of heroine, crystal meth (ICE) and Cannabis Sativa otherwise known India Hemp, it seized from smugglers.
The seized narcotics include 16 pieces of heroine weighing 16Kg; 11 wraps of crystal meth (ICE) weighing 12Kg; 128 doughnut size; 2,752 coconut size and 401 booklet size of cannabis sativa weighing 1,502Kg, worth N463million.
Afeni told journalists that the quantity of the Cannabis Sativa was intercepted in six intelligence driven operations between Thursday, December 4 and Monday December 15, 2025 across various locations in the state.
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Reacting to development, NAOSS in a statement jointly signed by its National President and General Secretary, Olubodun Olalekan and Adesanya Peter Ifedayo, respectively, on Thursday, said that the Ogun 1 Area Command of the NSC has not only done a Yeoman’s job, it has saved hundreds of Ogun State students from dangers of narcotics.
While expressing worry over the issue of drug abuse among the youths, NAOSS noted that the seizure of the narcotics will help greatly in curbing incidents of drug abuse in Ogun State and by extension, Nigeria.
It added that the damage the narcotics would have inflicted on the youths would be devastating if not for the vigilance and thorough professionalism of the men and officers of the customs command who intercepted the narcotics in transit.
The statement further noted that other contraband goods such as trailer loads of spaghetti, groundnut oil and pneumatic tyres confiscated by the customs would help in ridding the country of substandard food items and products.
NAOSS, however, urged Afeni to sustain the tempo of his command in its fight against smuggling and other damaging economic activities.
The Association declared its readiness to rally support for the command in its efforts to paralyze economic sabotage and inflow of dangerous drugs into the state.
