The Assistant Comptroller of Federal Operation Unit (FOU) of
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), A. M. Adamu, on Wednesday, told the Federal
High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, how five illegal importers, who brought in 661
sophisticated pump action guns into Nigeria, made a false declaration in
Customs Forms.
It would be recalled that the Nigeria Customs had on June
14, 2017, arraigned two Customs Officers, Mahmud Hassan and Salisu Abdullahi
Danjuma alongside one Oscar Okafor, Donatus Ezebunwa Achinulo and Matthew Okoye
before Justice Ayotunde Faji on charges bordering on illegal importation of
firearms, conspiracy and forgery.
One of the Customs officers, Hassan offered the sum of N400k
to one Aliu Musa, the Examination Officer as a bribe. He was also alleged to
have bribed a government official N1 million at Apapa Port through his
colleague, Danjuma Abdullahi, in order to prevent a proper search of the said
container used in bringing in the 661 illegally imported Pump Action rifles.
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