Tin Can seizure: Arms Centre boss denies Ribadu link

The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo, has denied allegations made in a viral video that persons arrested during the seizure of illegal arms at Tin Can Island Port were sponsored by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. During a joint security spokespersons briefing in Abuja, Kokumo clarified that he was personally present at the port when the Nigerian Customs Service handed over 399 illegal weapons to the centre.

He emphasized that the video's claims were baseless and called for violence against the NSA and others. Kokumo also disclosed that the Federal Government has been destroying seized weapons to prevent them from being used by criminal and non-state actors, in line with international conventions.

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