Section 25 NDLEA Act

Section 25 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Commercial carrier. It provides as follows:

(1) It shall be the duty of every commercial carrier to take reasonable precaution to–
(a) ensure that its means of transport are not used in the commission of offences
under this Act;

(b) comply with appropriate security measures at points of entry and exit in the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and other customs control areas, to prevent unauthorised cargo in its means of transportation.

(2) Such precautions as are referred to in subsection (I) of this section shall Include-
(a) the training of personnel to identify suspicious consignment or persons;
(b) promotion of integrity of their personnel;

(c) submission of cargo manifests in advance;
(d) use of tamper-resistant, individually verifiable seals on containers;
(e) reporting to the Agency at the earliest opportunity all suspicious circumstances
relating to drug trafficking.

(3) Any commercial carrier which violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this
section shall, in addition to any other penalty provided in any other Act or enactment, be guilty of an offence.

(4) Where an offence under subsection (3) of this section is committed by a body
corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a proprietor, director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer, servant or agent of the body corporate (or a person purporting to act in any such capacity) he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and liable on conviction to a tine not exceeding N I00,000.

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