The Nigerian government has
summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Çakıl.
The meeting expected to hold on
Friday was called over massive illegal shipment of arms from his country to
Nigeria.
Nigeria will express
dissatisfaction over the situation and also demand immediate action to curb the
menace.
Comptroller General of the
Nigeria Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd.), said the service was collaborating with
the Directorate of State Service (DSS) and the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA) to tackle the increase in importation of illegal firearms.
Ali, on Thursday, disclosed that
President Muhammadu Buhari discussed the matter with the President of Turkey,
Recep Tayyip Erdoan, at the on-going United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in
New York.
It would be recalled that
operatives of the Tin-Can Island Command on Wednesday apprehended another
container containing guns, less than two weeks after similar discovery.
Customs in a statement said the
guns were found in a 20ft container with No. CMAU189817/8 from Turkey.
“It was transferred to the
enforcement unit, where 100% examination revealed 470 pump action rifles as
against elbow plumbing plastics on its bill of lading”, it read in part.
“Importer of this deadly cargo is
Great James Oil and Gas Ltd, while the vessel is MV Arkas Africa owned by Hull
Blyth.
“This discovery brings to a total
of 2671 rifles seized within the last eight months of this year.”
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