Following the reopening of the Tsamiya–Segbana border for transit operations, the Customs Area Controller, Kebbi Area Command, Comptroller Mahmoud Matawalle Ibrahim, on Monday, 9 February 2026, led a joint inspection of the Tsamiya–Segbana–Kamba corridor to assess compliance in the movement of transit goods. He was accompanied by the Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, Comptroller Aminu Sule.
The inspection, which covered the Maje border route through to Kamba, was conducted in line with the approval granted by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, PhD, for the resumption of transit operations through the Tsamiya/Segbana border.
Several dignitaries joined the exercise, including Senator Ahmed Tijjani Affor Obo of the Republic of Benin; Commander Maigizo Yahaya Tubil of the Bureau de Douane, Niger Republic; the Chief of Staff to the Kebbi State Government, Barrister Attahiru Maccido; and the Chairman of Stakeholders in Kebbi State, Alhaji Idi Bagudo.
Addressing stakeholders, Comptroller Matawalle explained that the inspection was aimed at ensuring strict adherence to approved procedures governing the transit of legitimate goods through Nigeria to the Republics of Benin and Niger, and onward to other African countries. He stressed that transit trucks must not be diverted from their approved destinations for local consumption and called on traditional rulers and host communities to support the Nigeria Customs Service by maintaining
