The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its fight against illegal wildlife trafficking with the interception of a 40-foot container loaded with 10,603 donkey genitals along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
The seizure, made at about 9pm on Friday, 5 July 2025, was announced at a press briefing on Thursday, 10 July, by Assistant Comptroller of Customs and National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR.
Maiwada stated that the interception was carried out through coordinated surveillance by the Customs Intelligence Unit and the Special Wildlife Office, highlighting the persistent attempts by trafficking networks to exploit Nigeria’s trade corridors.
He noted that this seizure was part of a wider pattern. “Over the past year, we’ve disrupted multiple illicit wildlife trafficking operations across the country,” he said. (TVC)