President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to their owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets to boost food sufficiency.

Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this during an interface with residents of border communities in Kongolam and Mai’Adua border stations of Katsina state, hinted that the president has decided to exercise his power “according to the feelings of magnanimity that he has for Nigeria”, contrary to what the law stipulates.

He said that they will be monitoring the situation to know if there is a violation of this condition.