28 Customs officers detained over seized arms

FOLLOWING the interception of over 1,500 arms of various sizes and designs, the Nigeria Customs Service yesterday arrested and detained 28 officers working at the Tin-Can Island Command of the Service.

The agency made good its promise to fish out and prosecute officers involved in the plan to clear a container laden with arms and ammunition.

Officers of the command have become jittery as a result of the action of the Customs management as Vanguard gathered that many more officers are likely to be axed as a result of the development.

It was also gathered that the detained officers whose names Vanguard could not immediately ascertain, have been rounded up and are being interrogated to determine their level of involvement in the botched plan to ferry the container of arms out of the port undetected.

Sources close to the command told Vanguard that the officers and their civilian collaborators would soon appear in court but not until the Service has carried out a detailed and thorough investigation on the matter.

Vanguard, September 21, 2017

 

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