Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria at NCS over smuggled weapons

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*Customs officials inspecting one of the seized arm shipment

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has expressed concerned over 2671 Pump Action rifles imported from Turkey which appears to suggest complicity of Turkish government.
The comptroller- General of NCS, Colonel Ibrahim Ali (retd),  who spoke, when the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Cakil visited him in the Customs Headquarters in Abuja, said that four major seizures of the illegal arms came from Turkey.
The meeting which lasted for about two hours was frank, detailed with specific commitment and strategies to stem the ugly tide.
Highlight of the meeting according to a statement by the Customs spokesperson, Mr. Joseph Attah include that all the four shipments intercepted were false declaration on the bill of lading; that the Turkish Ambassador restated his country’s support for Nigeria’s security and wellbeing and that the Turkish government will cooperate with Nigeria in every step to deal decisively with those found involved.

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