Seme Border Bust: Customs Seize N1.9bn Hard Drugs and Expired Flour

Between September 1 and October 9, 2025, the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, reported Thursday that it had captured N1.99 billion worth of contraband along the Lagos–Abidjan Corridor, including expired wheat from Egypt and illegal pharmaceuticals. Wale Adenuga, the Customs Area Controller, told reporters during his first news conference at the command in Seme Border that the 10,000 bags of expired flour, valued at N1.2 billion in duty-paid value, were transported in five trucks. Adenuga claimed that if the expired products had made their way into Nigerian markets, they…