The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that camels
are being used to carry deadly weapons into the country.
In a statement on Thursday, Audu Ogbeh, national chairman of
ACF, said the weapons are imported from a neighbouring country through Sokoto
and Zamfara states.
The former minister of agriculture said some of the weapons
being ferried into Nigeria include rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and
anti-aircraft guns, adding that security operatives do not check the cargoes.
“At the last meeting of our National Executive Council, NEC,
in October 2020, our members, particularly from Sokoto and Zamfara, reported
that large consignments of camels were crossing our borders into Nigeria with a
lot of baggage on their backs on a daily basis,” he said.
“And they observed that nobody checks their baggage and
nobody knows what is being brought into Nigeria. The question Arewa
Consultative Forum would like to ask the security agencies is what are the
camels carrying and where they are heading?
“The ACF is alarmed that this kind of situation should
persist at a time when weapons of all kinds are coming into our country and
worsening the climate of terror and national uncertainty.
“It is clear now from what we know that, as victims pay
ransoms to the kidnappers the money is instantly converted to more
sophisticated weapons and instruments of death by the kidnappers. The capacity
of these terrorists is rising by the day and we are not far from the moment
when the terrorist will become better armed than our accredited security
agencies.
“The ACF wants to
alert the government about this situation, if they are not aware of it and if
they are aware of it, to ask what they are doing about it. Already, it is
speculated that weapons as dangerous as Rocket Propelled Grenades RPGs, and
anti-aircraft guns are part of the cargo ferried by camels freely into our
country from neighbouring countries.”
The forum stated that it will do the country a great deal of
good to deal with the situation immediately.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com