Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Tin
Can Island Command on Friday intercepted a container loaded with arms and
ammunition.
The owner of the container reportedly said the consignment
contained electronics but the suspicious Customs officials, upon close
examination of the cartons, discovered that they were filled with guns.
The Public Relations Officer of the Tin Can Customs Command,
Uche Ejesieme, confirmed the discovery on Saturday.
He said, “The Command wish to confirm very categorically
that during routine examination at the terminal B2 (Vehicle) of the TICT on
Friday, 17th December 2021, our operatives stumbled on a suspected container
laden with arms and possibly ammunition.
“We quickly sealed it up and intimated the terminal
operators to quickly move the container to our enforcement unit where we hope
to conduct 100 per cent examination by Monday morning.
“The information is still very sketchy as we speak. By the
time we conduct comprehensive information, we will be able to avail the media
with the circumstances and possibly the suspects.
“We are going to do a comprehensive investigation into this
with a view to unravelling the criminal gang behind this and continue to
decimate and degrade them.”
The interception of the arms-laden container occurred days
after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, charged strategic police
managers in the Nigeria Police Force to brace up to the anticipated internal
security challenges that the year 2022 will present.
The IGP said 2022 would be very challenging because it
precedes the 2023 general elections and the Force would be confronted with the
management of threats associated with an active political space.
Over the months, criminals hell-bent on making the country
unsafe have devised diverse methods to smuggle firearms into Nigeria, which is
currently battling insurgents, killer herders, robbers, kidnappers and bandits
using sophisticated weapons to cause mayhem across states in the country.
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Lets hope the container doesn’t disappear and flagged as false alarm!!
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