 The Nigerian Customs Service and CSA's the closure of Nigeria's borders with the Republic of Niger is not a declaration of war between the two countries as speculated. The acting Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adene made the assertion while addressing the Ileila border community of Sokoto State on Friday. Trade cannot happen in an environment where there is no peace. So the intention of government is to ensure that we leverage all perfectly on the nexus between trade and security. The situation that is happening in our neighbors is such that trade cannot thrive and so the echo assets of states has therefore decided in reaction to what is happening that has threatened the peace of not just the country but has the potential to affect the stability, the political stability of the subregion has decided that we should see trading with our neighbor the Republic of Nigeria. This is why the decision to close the land borders with this country has been taken and my mission here is to restate the directive of President Bolaameh Tinubu not just as the commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but also as the chairman of echo assets.