LAGOS POLICE LAUNCH INVESTIGATION AS JEWELLER ACCUSES ITS OFFICERS OF HARASSMENT. (PHOTO).

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Lagos police launch investigation as jeweller  accuses its officers of harassment The Lagos State Police Command said it has commenced an investigation into a viral video of a jeweller accusing some policemen in the Festac area of the state of harassing him.  The command disclosed this in an X post on Saturday. The video, which circulated on X on Saturday morning, shows the businessman engaged in a struggle with some policemen. Later in the video, the businessman could be seen with a bloody face after allegedly sustaining a cut beside his right eye during the struggle with the police officers,  The jeweller later explained that the policemen from the Festac Division had stopped him for a routine search. He said the officers accused him of peddling drugs after finding a scale on him. “I went to deliver a necklace to someone when police officers stopped and searched me in Festac, Lagos. They found nothing on me but saw the scale I use to measure gold and accused me of using...

CUSTOMS SHED LIGHT ON DUTY VALUE VARIATIONS FOR USED VEHICLES,OTHERS.[PHOTO].#PRESS RELEASE.


Customs Sheds Light on Duty Value Variations for Used Vehicles, Others

As part of efforts to make clarifications with regards to duty value on certain items, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that there is no uniform value for used items including vehicles.

This was made known by the Deputy National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Timi Bomodi during a media parley held in Lagos. He added that the degree of depreciation on used Cars may not be the same even if the Cars were manufactured same period while stating that the NCS is currently looking into complaints by some importers and agents that there are variations in value and duty, using an improvised system of checking degradation of the used item being imported.

Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Bomodi also faulted the behaviour of some vehicle importers who allegedly adjust odometers on new vehicles to give a false impression of being a used vehicle that has covered high mileage with a view to evading accurate duty payment. He further highlighted several cases of false declarations, concealments and other unlawful antics by some importers and their agents to underpay taxes.

Speaking on the theme, ‘Trade Facilitation, A Tool For Enhanced Revenue Generation: The NCS Perspective’, he said the Service has achieved 90 percent automation of its operation and has surpassed it’s 2021 revenue collection target.

He also noted that despite the harsh operating atmosphere occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, the service collected a total of N2.3trillion between January 2021 to date thereby surpassing it’s target.

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