NSA not behind Tin Can Island arms importation, says Arms Centre boss
The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo (retd) has dismissed allegations contained in a viral video claiming that persons arrested over the seizure of illegal arms at the Tin Can Island Port were allegedly being sponsored by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Addressing Read More:…
The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo (retd), has refuted allegations in a viral video that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, was behind the arms importation at the Tin Can Island Port. Kokumo, who was present at the port during the seizure of 399 illegal weapons by the Nigerian Customs Service, stated that the video's claims are baseless and that he personally witnessed the handover of the weapons to the centre.
He added that two suspects arrested in connection with the illegal importation remain in custody and that the Federal Government continues to destroy recovered illicit weapons to prevent their diversion to criminal and non-state actors.
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