New Fou Custms Boss Promises Hell For Smugglers

The new Controller in charge of Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja, Lagos, Mr Victor Dimka has vowed to make smuggling unattractive, especially within the command’s area of jurisdiction which includes: Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ogun states.  
Shipping Position Weekly recalls that Dimka recently took over from Comptroller Dede Kane who retired from the Nigeria Customs Service after putting in the statutory 35 years in service.
Deputy Comptroller  Victor Dimka who is widely reputed to have cut his teeth as a crack enforcement, anti-smuggling and valuation officer; traversing virtually all the commands in the Nigeria Customs Service has since settled down in his new office .
The new FOU boss promised to give  zero tolerance to smuggling, even as he expressed gratitude to the Comptroller General, Customs, for the confidence which informed his appointment. Apparently conscious of the demands of his new office, the new FOU top- man assured that he would continue to mobilize the command’s personnel, equipment and resources to achieve the desired objectives.
Deputy Comptroller Dimka was until the appointment, the arrow-head of the tremendous seizures which the FOU, Ikeja has been recording in recent months and which culminated in the huge success which the command posted in 2010.
Dimka assured that the strings of unprecedented   seizures which the command has been known for can only be improved upon. “You all know that FOU, Ikeja is the flagship in Customs anti-smuggling operations, we are blessed with a crop of dedicated officers who have consistently demonstrated bravery in the anti-smuggling war, it can only get better”, he assured.
He also promised to do his best to ensure that FOU continues to make smuggling an unprofitable business for its perpetrators.
“I am quite aware that smugglers are always devising new antics, but we are equal to the task, we will run them out of business and make our zone a no-go area for them”, he assured. 
The new FOU boss also assured that 2011 will witness improvement in revenue collection, interception of contrabands and smuggled goods and blocking all existing loopholes.