Four officers of the Nigeria
Customs Service have been dismissed after investigations carried out found them
guilty of allowing the importation and clearing of the 661 pump action rifles
that was seized at Tin Can Islan Port, earlier this year.
The dismissal was confirmed last
weekend by Mr Joseph Atah, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigeria Customs
Service.
The officers; Mahmud Hassan, Oscar
Okafor, Donatus Achinulo, Matthew Okoye who is yet to be captured, and Salihu
Danjuma were said to have received bribe in order that a 40-feet container with
661 pump action rifles in them be imported into the country from Turkey through
the Apapa port in Lagos.
The accused officers were said to
have forged a bill of lading were they stated that the containers had in them ‘steel
doors’ rather than the rifles it contained and, further investigation had it
that an official of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Federal
Operative Unit received a bribe of about ₦400,000 in order that thorough search
of the container with number; PONU 825914/3 was not done.
Speaking on the matter, the PRO
of the Nigeria Customs Service said,”I can tell you that the officers involved
in the arms scandals both the one that happened at Mile 2 and the one at Tin Can
have been dismissed and the suspects are facing prosecution. The whole cases of
the arms are still in court this is the much I can tell you for now. All the
suspects are under prosecution.”
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