The information was disclosed, on Tuesday, at a joint press briefing between the Customs Area Controllers of the MMIA command and Murtala Muhammed Area Command, comptroller Adewale Adeniyi and comptroller Lena Oyama respectively.
It was gathered that 40 cartons of the poultry products were intercepted on a SA Airways flight while 104 cartons were abandoned on the tarmac of the terminal.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday in Lagos, Comptroller Adeniyi said the seizure was as a result of the border closure because the seizure was the first of its kinds in the history of the airport commands.
According to Adeniyi,
“on the night of 10th November, 2019, following the discharge of cargo from a South African Airways flight 5A060 from Johannesburg, our Tarmac operatives intercepted a consignment which were indicated as perishables, and are therefore qualified for pre-release at the cargo wing.
Meanwhile, network operators warn that border closure may affect network access in Nigeria, give shocking reasons.
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