Comptroller Olomu Vows to Be Ahead of Smugglers.

…NAFDAC Director Commends His Uncompromising Position.

By Joe Njoku,
Global Freight News.

The Customs Area Controller, Apapa Port Premier Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu fsi, has repeatedly said that the command will always be ahead of Smugglers by always deploying intelligence with uncompromising enforcement to prevent prohibited goods from being imported into the country.

Comptroller Olomu, said this on Monday 18th August 2025, when he received Dr Martin Iluyomade fsi, Director, Inspection and Enforcement Directorate of the National Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said that renewed antics by smugglers to use fake registration numbers and false declarations have always failed.

Olomu told Martin Iluyomade who doubles as Chairman of the Federal Taskforce on fake, Substandard Drugs and unwholesome Food that Apapa Premier Port Command is very committed to the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Comptroller-General of Customs and the Director General of NAFDAC aimed at preventing smuggling of items under the agency’s regulatory purview.

He therefore, urged NAFDAC to expedite action to evacuate handed over containers from the port while assuring that efforts will be sustained to achieve arrest of suspects and hand them over with the seizures.

Olomu said that arresting the persons involved in the act is a major step to neutralize the human elements influence in the smuggling chain cycle and deter others from such illegal activities.

However, he disclosed that officers under his watch have joined the CGC in imbibing zero tolerance for smuggling and will do the needful to avoid situation where our laws are circumvented for the lives of Nigerians to be endangered by what they eat drink or by use of arms and ammunition brought into the country illegally.

According to him, a recent seizure of 32 containers that attracted the presence of the CGC who personally supervised their handing over to NAFDAC attests to the smooth working relationship between both organizations and justifying their recently signed MoU.

Iluyomade commended comptroller Babatunde Olomu for being uncompromising and making what he called “Life Saving Seizures.”

According to him, “You can kill one or two persons with guns, but can kill a whole nation with fake drugs, unwholesome food, and harmful medicine. It’s like those importing it are declaring war on the citizens of this country,” he added.

He described Olomu as the best Controller Apapa Premier Command ever had. He recalled starting his career as a young employee of NAFDAC several years ago and confirmed that customs Anti-smuggling efforts have evolved for the better.

He added that awards of best command given to the command under Comptroller Babatunde Olomu were truly earned and very deserving. Also, he sought support to secure handed over containers from being pilfered ahead of NAFDAC evacuation.