{"id":70294,"date":"2025-07-11T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70294"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:59:44","slug":"nigeria-customs-intercepts-container-with-10300-donkey-genitals-worth-%e2%82%a64-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/11\/nigeria-customs-intercepts-container-with-10300-donkey-genitals-worth-%e2%82%a64-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Customs Intercepts Container with 10,300 Donkey Genitals Worth \u20a64 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted a container loaded with 10,300 donkey genitals at the Apapa Port in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Valued at approximately \u20a64 billion, the illicit consignment was reportedly bound for export to Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Comptroller Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Customs Area Controller, the container was flagged during a routine scan, prompting a detailed physical examination.<\/p>\n<p>Officials then discovered the large cache of donkey parts, believed to be destined for use in traditional medicine abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The NCS has launched an investigation to uncover the individuals and syndicates behind the attempted export of the prohibited items.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the shipment originated from a neighboring West African country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis seizure underscores the challenges we face in enforcing trade regulations and tackling the illegal wildlife trade,\u201d Adeniyi said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the agency is working with relevant stakeholders to tighten surveillance and prevent future occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>The trade in donkey parts is illegal in Nigeria due to concerns over animal cruelty and the rapid depletion of the donkey population.<\/p>\n<p>Customs authorities reaffirmed their commitment to safeguarding Nigeria\u2019s borders and curbing the trafficking of banned goods through improved enforcement and inter-agency collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted a container loaded with 10,300 donkey genitals at the Apapa Port in Lagos. Valued at approximately \u20a64 billion, the illicit consignment was reportedly bound for export to Southeast Asia. According to Comptroller Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Customs Area Controller, the container was flagged during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":70296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70297,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70294\/revisions\/70297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}