Arms importation: Customs, agents trade blame over use of scanners at Apapa port

Amidst recent upsurge in the importation of arms and ammunition into the country, maritime industry stakeholders are in tango over usage of scanners at the nation’s seaports.

While the Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, claimed that they scan between 30 and 50 containers daily, the clearing agents on the other hand said that the scanners are not being used.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Nkiru Nwala, who told Maritime Vanguard that the claim of abandonment of the scanners is incorrect, explained that of the two scanners available, only one is working and the use of the scanner is dependent on how many containers the terminal operators are able to position for the purpose.
Vanguard, December 28, 2017

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