On the night of June 25, Ibikunle Amosun, a serving senator and former governor of Ogun State, issued a lengthy rebuttal to a
“We got all necessary approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser to procure the 13 units of Armoured Personnel Carriers , the 1000 units of AK 47 rifles, two million rounds of ammunition,1,000 units of bullet proof vests and 500 bulletproof helmets and other security communication gadgets.
We got all necessary approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser to procure the 13 units of Armoured Personnel Carriers , the 1000 units of AK 47 rifles, 2 Million rounds of ammunition,1000 units of Bullet proof vests and 500 bullet proof helmetsBut after an extensive investigation that lasted several months, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report that the end-user certificate and import waiver cited by Mr Amosun contained approval for importation of 13 armoured personnel...
Mr Okogu said the declared value of the 13 vehicles was $6.7 million and calculated import duty of 20 per cent. Furthermore, in 2015, the Nigeria Customs Service confirmed in a memo that Mr Amosun imported 12 armoured vehicles between 2012 and 2013 based on the 2012 import waiver. He had written to the government seeking an extension of the waiver for him to be able to import the last one, which he said was not delivered with the rest due to logistic challenges.
Armed robberies reduced significantly in Mr Amosun’s first term following deployment of the APCs, but other violent crimes like political thuggery, kidnapping and cross-border smuggling lingered. Joseph Attah, the chief spokesperson for the Nigeria Customs Service, told PREMIUM TIMES no individual or organisation can legally import AK-47, its ammo and other controlled items without an end-user certificate from the ONSA.But for decades, Nigerian borders remained notorious for their porousness. People bring items into the country either to circumvent duty on those items or because they do not have requisite certification to import them in the first place.
“A chart of violence in Nigeria shows that at least since 2003, as elections approach, violence goes up. This violence is caused by politicians importing weapons and arming various groups. The problem is that after the elections, they are unable to retrieve the weapons, and the cycle of violence gets worse,” he said.
Bcos he’s rich now....there’s no prosecution,if it’s sowore now...Nigeria would be on fire
This guy need to be seriously investigated, he might have used the collected certificate of 13 armored vehicles to bamboos the custom at idiroko border and being a gov, the custom officers will just looks away. That’s Nigeria way then. He wanted to use it to cause katakana b4.
Then charge this man to court with proper arraignment and let him exonerates himself if truly is not true. Nigeria, the most lawlessness country in the world
We all know that but nothing will be done
He’s a Buhari ally, nothing will happen to him. No one is going to question him. Na padi padi. If it was opposition party we are talking here, they would be crying that heaven should fall on them. Buhari, is the most corrupt Nigerian! Hypocrites!
What's he need them for?
'Illegally'? 😒 Are Governors supposed to import arms and ammunition at all? Legally or not? What's the point of having a ministry of defence?
And officialEFCC no fit arrest him God go punish all of you
Una still dey on this smokeless fire🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
segalink DSS will not call him for questioning.
akaebube And so what! When he saw what was happening in Benue, Zamfara and some other Northern States. The killing of their people by armed Fulani herdsmen while available Security apparatus were helpless And he had a duty to protect his people as one of his priorities.
I’m sure those ammunition’s were acquired in preparation for the elections for thier boys Which it’s possible thier other Apc members are aware of those ammunition’s in his possession
Wht next?
If only the rich and powerful get punished for crime sameway ordinary folks are punished ,crimes would reduce greatly
Arrest him pls!
We already know what the outcome of the investigation will be . I beg when is Barca playing their next match?
But this guy is a political celebrity and my President is okay with it.
They are demanding for their 38 months workers' Salaries he swallowed for 38 months. See here Adam Oshiomhole saying to Bello 'you this yeye man'
Amazing!
Anyone that friends with MBuhari &his presidency always gets away with criminalities. The social media critics are the offenders. By now this dopey SIAmosun ought to have been invited by the DSS and put under serious investigation, but that won't happen. The world is watching!!
Sue him
No be news na
Dem don reach hin side!
I hope you know if this information is false, he could sue your media house, please verify well, remember the last information about these arms.
Where should he be cooling down now ?
tell us how bokoharam get their arms and what is really wrong in amosun importing arms to protect his state. Do you sudgest organizing prayer sessions to curb arm robbery or terrorist invasion in his state then
This our journalism at times is bad for us ileya importation of arm that he handed over and you confirmed it so you want us to be crying for help like north East abi. To me the end justifies the means in this case. Even GEJ could not see his SA arms deal done
Chief of army staffs 😂
And nothing will happen to him, after all he belongs to the power that be. Yeyenatu....!
Hmmm that what happen in all the state
So what? officialEFCC & PoliceNG are deaf and dumb to these kind of issues. They'll instead have an issue with this tweet.
Premium Times first raised this issue and nothing was done. I thought it's been swept under the carpet.
Justice should be served then but what do I know?
What for
officialEFCC when will you guys arrest this man
This man has some questions to answer
Hmmm... He's immune to prosecution. Let's move on till Nigerians are ready to do the needful..🤷
And no one will investigate him because he belong to the saints club called APC
Premium Timesssss🙂👏
Amosun is a saint as long as he is still in Apshit,if it were the likes of Fayose,the corrupt and clueless arm of the law enforcement agencies would have arrested him.
He should be picked.
That's good 😂😂😂
SIAmosun the MBuhari dog. He didn’t do anything in my state than jumping around with Buhari all through. All he knows is to claim daddy of the state who deserves respect when he’s not even doing nada.
Corrupt Nigeria what do u expect nothing sorry
He should be prosecuted.
One coward called 'Disgrace John' insulted me and ran away. Shey mo gbena sori ni...eleriibu omo!!
Some people are just fool because of hatred was Ali there when it was imported or is it not our Gulder president that was on the throne then with Dikko as custom boss who ran away from Nigeria the 2nd day he retired. People should get thier face before responding to comments
These crooks will end up in jail!
Let's see if he faces justice or they sweep this grave crime too under the carpet.
As usual he is Apc the case is DOA
Na today?
When you tell people those in positions of authority are to blame for the proliferation of arms and ammunition in this country 🇳🇬 they attack you because of political affiliations. Don't worry as the proliferated arms could be used to carry out attacks on you or relatives.
Endanger every other person's and move around with escorts. . Today boko haram tomorrow Fulani bandits and we want state police
Rice is the problem oooo
CustomsNG is busy chasing Rice smugglers 😤
Why are people making this about APC, PDP or whatever party? Why not focus on the individual and his crime?
Will anything be done? No
tolfaa When he's going to jail
Gradually,gradually. Nothing hidden that will not be eventually revealed.
Nothing wil be done because his an APC caucus but if it's an ordinary citizens, he or she wil be tag criminal. Until there is equality in our justice system then wil can get it right in Nigeria
What's Buhari led federal government doing about it?
I so dislike that good for nothing former Governor Amosun. He should be kicked out of the Senate. What is he contributing? 🤷🏽♂️ He's a Power monger & is Power drunk.
But Bello of kogi state is do d same tin nobody is saying tin... Nigeria
Right man from a Righteous Party
Noise. Nothing will happen to the man. Law and punishment is for the poor in the society while the elite are above the law. No justice in this freaking world peeps. Get rich or die trying
segalink The documents will also show how it was cleared.. is Nnamdi Kalu right when he said that Nigeria is a Zoo..?
He is in APC he as immunity not be investigated
ose_anenih Now you know the Dogs and Baboons boast was made on good grounds with materials to support it.
This among other things will be swept under the carpet!
Nothing will be done about it stop stressing yourself
After they will open there smelling mouth and shout they want to close the border,customs self na scam,they aee just doing eye service soon and very soon the government will wakeup and find Guns pointing at them with no form of forgiveness very soon naija willndry up
Stale jist
EFCCapc is dead oo. Nigeria Army shift operation positive identification on amosun illegal arms? If it's Dino that did this shit... trust apc govt what they'll do to Dino. Apc govt is terrible!!
So what happens?
And his is still not in jail- but journalists are locked up right and left. What a mess of a place! Something desperately has to change
LMAO! I remember this story. It was said he imported the arms to combat insecurity in the state and since he's about leaving, it would make sense to help reduce the workload of the new gov by distributing the arms to the police and Zomboids cheered on. 🤣🤣 Now, truth is out.
Nigerian Custom Service CustomsNG did not prohibit the importation of arms but the importation of Rice
Custom no deh see this type.
Wow! I've been wondering where he derived his confidence from during the campaigns so much so that it was only in his State that his supporters almost stoned the President. He was also bold enough to order the removal of APC's candidate's posters from the APC's campaign venue.
segalink Instead of to beef up or restructure the security system they are there closing border.. If the security system remains the same anytime they open the border rice and other contraband stuff will rush in times two.. Fix the root cause before you close
This one is above the law now
segalink Na today! 🙄🙄🙄 NigeriaGov
How did it happen in the first place if custom duties were paid for the importation of such arms then it can not be said to be illegal but if such was not the case then proper investigation should be conducted to ascertain who played what role and to what extent
segalink 🤔🤔
😃😃😃General Amosun
He's a friend to MBuhari, he enjoys immunity as well and he will definately get away with it.
segalink Buhari’s first son.....Touch him not
What will they do to him? Nothing. APC CHANGE
Comptroller general should be punished
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