By PHILIP NWOSU
A Russian vessel allegedly laden with arms was yesterday arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Navy in Lagos. The vessel with was identified as MV MYRE SEADIVER was alleged to be carrying more than 14 assorted Kalashnikov (AK 47) rifles, and 22 Banelli MRI rifles with 3,643 and 4,955 rounds of ammunition respectively.
Daily Sun learnt that the vessel which carried a Russian crew was flying a Dutch Island Flag and belongs to the Moran Security Group of Moscow. The Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda told Daily Sun that investigation was on going and the vessel was being searched for more weapons.
He added that the vessel had no business in the territorial waters of Nigeria and that importation of weapons was against the country’s laws. He said: “As part of our activities in Lagos to ensure we create legitimate maritime businesses to thrive and anytime we see something that is infringing on that, we try to see how best we can address it. It was part of this effort that led to arrest of the vessel, MV MYRE SEADIVER.
We discovered that she came into our waters without due notification which is an infringement on the laws of this country.” It was further learnt that the vessel was arrested on Friday by the Nigerian made NNS Andoni and another Israeli made vessel in the inventory of the Force known as Shaldag. Few weeks ago, President Goodluck Jonathan had tasked the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba to get down to work immediately, and fish out the criminals within the country’s territorial waters. Moreovet, Daily Sun leant that the crew members are being detained until investigations are concluded.
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) had on January 19, 2012, seized seven containers at the Lagos Sea port, on board a Chinese vessel, MV FENG CHAN, and handed them over to the Nigerian Navy for custody.
In the wake of the seizure and the rumours that the contents were bombs allegedly imported into the country by the Boko Haram, the Federal Government set up a committee comprising virtually all security agencies in the country to determine the contents of the containers and its owners.
Briefing newsmen at the completion of the investigation on the content and owners of the containers and the return of the items to its original owners, Chairman of the Committee and Admiral Superintendent of the Naval Ordnance Depot, Commodore Odunitan Funmilade Oduyemi, maintained that the committee established that the containers, though laden with ammunition, were not meant for the dreaded religious sect.
Rather, Oduyemi said that the riot guns, smoke guns and 57 cases of long and short range shells, actually, were ordered into the country by the Nigeria Police Force but not Boko Haram.
Do we believe that story? So where were the Nigeria police when their containers arrived into the country. So they forgot they were expecting their order? NIGERIA!!
Procurement of weapons and indeed every other items used by our security agencies and armed forces are usually through contractors. None of them import items directly based on the procurement act since all procurements have to be tendered and bidded to get the most cost effective price
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Well, good job if this is true. Kudos to our Navy!
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does it mean that the war in Syria has ended?them why must Russians turn to Nigerians this time…?let them finish with the killings in Syrian then if boko need them,then the can bring them ammunition from Niger ok
liars, The want to use and kill people.Police would have gone for their Items.PLease let the aurthority seize those guns.
Where is our faith.
No Nigerian blood both at home and in diaspora would testify that he/she isnt aware of the sufferings those displaced by the flood are going through, this isnt by their making and it could be anyone in their shoes………..Where are our so called spiritual leaders, where are the soul called men of God who we contribute our offerings to on daily basis and they use to furnish their expensive and flamboyant life styles, buy new fleet of cars, service their chains of investments and even add new aircraft to their fleet, where are all these people these displaced citizens of Nigerians look up to as serving men of God and to whom they give offerings and tithes………………..Most of this displaced citizens are well respected citizens of the country who did their best in their environments and helped in the growth of the ministry in their environs where the so called leaders take the glory and because of the unfortunate incident
that made them refugees in their own fathers land everyone is quiet on their predicament and all we read on the news on a daily basis is stories of harassment, molestations, death, starvation and what have you…………….the Government cant do this alone and that’s the simple truth that everyone knows…………….Where are those spiritual fathers who preach one thing and do the other because now is the time to practice what you preach not towards December period because crusade is near they come out to give cheap donation to catch the eyes of the masses i say to all you spiritual leaders now is time to test your faith as most of these displaced Nigerians have contributed willingly to the growth of your ministries not talking about any in particular but talking about every ministry to standup to the work of god and prove that they aint using us to do business but willing to do the will of God which is helping the needy in times of difficulties instead of lavishing the same money the masses contributed for the hand work of God in luxuries………………….i REST MY CASE
GEJ, this is time for action, what kind of nonsense report is that. Nigerians are not fools, how could this committee tell us that these containers full of armnitions belong to police force. why didn’t the police initially identify their consignment? why did it take them 10 months to identify what they orderd? GEJ shine your eyes.
This Country call Nigeria will never know peace if they keep deceiving themselves by shielding and covering bad things.I saw it coming becouse i know that they will tell us another story like they are doing now.So please Dele Ezeoba your an Igbo Delta man and we the implore to you to show your Igbo determination and zeal they have in your Igbo blood.Was it not the same Russia that supported and assisted Nigeria against Biafra during Biafra/Nigeria Civil war and who knows wat they were upto this time.Igbos(Biafra)let us becarefull oh and open our eyes wide open
the foreigners are the people fueling this crises in nigeria. you don see abi?
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When you choose to lie to me, please try and invent an intelligent lie so that I can at least commend you for the effort.To conveniently choose the Nigeria Police as the fall guy for this event in January, on the very day of the Kano riots is absurd. A simple audit of the budget of the Nigeria Police Force will reveal otherwise. As the Americans will say:Please give me a break
Sorry for Nigerian leaders. the prolong deceit has made it difficult to believe anything said by them.Me I know trust them. if police has imported any gun they would have gone for it let it be handed over to the police so that we only know we did get the importers but has stop them from using it against innocent human beings
POLICE, OVER TO YOU. ANY DEFENCE FOR OR AGAINST THIS MATTER?
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Daily sun is full of shit now. How could a daily news paper make mistakes as gravely as what I am seeing in the websites all over and over again.
You protray yourselves to be journalist and you cant spell words correctly. It is better your news paper is banned from the shelves.
If this should continue, I will be the first to throw stones to your glass houses.
We are decieving ourselves again. A suspect ship arrived in our waters laden with arms and was detained. It later turned out that the consignment was meant for the poice!!!! How convenient a white lie to tell the public. Where were the police when the ship was impounded and the whole episode became public knowledge? Who was in charge of the order, was he/she not expecting the order?
Something here does not smell right or is it being handled in the ‘Nigerian way’?
They need to protect themselves and the vessel just last week some sea pirate Hijack some foreigners here in Nigeria and some Navy was killed
Well me and u ,knw d trut!cuse d trut is like d belly of a pregnant woman!it can not be heden,may God help us! Amen
IS THERE TRUTH IN NIGERIA ? HABA NAVY!!!!!!!
What made them to change their national flag to that of Belgium ? Is this mission genuine? Does it mean that Nigeria police did not track the vessel that is conveying their consignments before it Barthes into our teritorial waters? Was it contracted to which company that failed to alert the police authorities before it was made head line news? The truth is not yet out concerning this Boko haram ammunitions. Russians again in our life. Nothing good comes out from that deadly communist country called Russia.
My friend read the story well they are talking about two seperate ships not one.
this tells you the magnitude of corruptions in the govt…. 13 containers of arms & amunitions still no national address from mr president, 10 months later “it belongs to police” the world is watching.
Is it the way police import arms?
My fellow Igbo brothers why are you people lamenting wen it was obvious the plans of Russia and Co against Biafra again but this time arround we Biafra will resist them with our last blood.Britain,Egypt,Soudi Arabia,North Africa take note
what is Biafra, my friend that name died long ago.
My fellow Igbo brothers why are you people lamenting wen it was obvious the plans of Russia and Co against Biafra again but this time arround we Biafra will resist them with our last blood.Britain,Egypt,Soudi Arabia,North Africa take note.Nigeria Police this is the high time you people clear the bad names Nigerians have been calling you peaple and prove your innocent
Kudos to the Navy.
IGP please help nigeria/nigerians clear the air on this containers of amunition issue
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nigeria shuld nd do al in our power 2 close up our remaining porous boarder , so dat cases lik dis wil b wil court. Wo knw wic politician or sadest fanatic dat did d importation of such riful 2 destory nigerian . God hlp us
Nigerian any evil u covered in the night in the morning it will espose and the fire will too much on u, nigerian police is not the owner of those conteners they belong to boko harams lets tell ourself the truth.
@ Sussan, which is ur contribution here? U re not making any statement rather yielding sand to a provocative issue, who even invited u here? Are you the one that killed Biafra long time ago as u have suggested? So u re among those that killed 3 million people of Igbo extraction? That country came in here with large catch of consignments loaded with dangerious arsenal again in our coastal region, u didn’t found such mission dangerious all u are interested was the vessels was two and biafra died long time ago was that suppose to be a contribution?
Susan òtù nne gi. You are mad.
The same story..
I wonder why the country(NIG POLICE) will import ammunition and they forgot the arrival time.
We Nig knew the real game U r playing we are familiar to this fucking stories… fuck the news, fuck the police, fuck the nervy fuck the vessels. they are all trash…we are not fools am not moved by the formats, pls search for a nice story that will convince pple small not this old story…….
I hv totally lost touch with dis country called NIGERIA…. It’s very very sad!!!!! I’m deeply saddened!!!!! Shaking my BIG head in tears!!!!
i tink Nigeria And nigerians are too old to listen to dis bullshite report…..
Let the war start! I imported my own cutlasses, arrows, swords vie atlantic ocean, oron last week.
Hmmm….., i never witness a country like Nigeria.Sorry to say;i hate to be called a Nigerian.It portrays bad name in the highest order.Here in Canada where i live, we all hide our identity to be recognise as a Nigerian.Imagine! All the news we hear everyday touched and propelled our ears.Bulshit! Murder fucker!
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Susan Biafra have not die yet as you so much prayed and wish but resting and wen he rise up again she will rise like Giant and she will pull down any evil forces arround her.Prof dont be sober,dont loose hope and get yourself worked up becouse wat Nigeria Country has coursed you people in Canada or USA but look up unto Biafra Nation,the future hope of the Black Nation(Africa).Prof just a matter of time okey,just pass this word of encouragement across
Who una wan fool, cock and bull story