The Nigeria Customs Service says that the one month grace period granted to dealers and private vehicle owners on customs duty payment for their vehicles do not include those in neighbouring ports, as the land borders remain closed to vehicle importation.
The public relations officer of the PTML Customs Command, Steve Okonmah made this clarification and maintained that at the expiration of the April 12 2017 deadline, any vehicle owner whose customs duty has not been paid will forfeit his car and will be prosecuted.
He urged Nigerians who are not certain of the authenticity of their vehicle documents to verify the status of their vehicles at any Zonal Customs formation.
