The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, has intercepted a truckload of donkey bones meant for export, dried donkey meat, worth over three billion Naira.

Disclosing this during a press briefing by the Comptroller FOU Zone B, Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu in Kaduna on Tuesday, NCS vowed to ensure the protection of species going extinct.

He said, “Of great importance is the interception of the illegal products of donkeys perpetrated by some unscrupulous elements with no regard for the lives and preservation of endangered species like the donkey which is near extinction.

“It is therefore with a personal sense of sadness to announce that our officers and men on two separate occasions, impounded consignments of donkey bones and donkey meat, respectively, with a combined Duty Paid Value (DPV) of about Three Billion Naira.”

He further explained that on April 25, 2024, operatives of the Unit acting on credible intelligence intercepted One (1) Truck with Registration Number GGE 526 XL along Sokoto/Gusau Road in Zamfara State conveying illicit goods were brought to Kaduna for further examination.

Shuaibu stated that upon careful examination, the truck was discovered to be conveying 750 sacks of donkey bones, saying that the DPV for the donkey bones was estimated at N2, 363, 500, 000. 00.