FILE: The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi.
The Nigeria Customs Service on Sunday said it had finalised the coupling and detailed examination of a massive arms seizure at the Tincan Island Port Command, uncovering 399 fully assembled Jojef firearms alongside a critical assortment of supplementary rifle parts.
The National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullah Maiwada, in a statement on Sunday, described the development as a major blow to illegal arms proliferation in the country.
According to him, the development follows the disclosure by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, stating that “on Thursday, August 6, 2026, the NCS intercepted a container containing concealed crates of knocked-down components preliminarily identified as Jojef pump-action rifles.”
“The additional rifle parts recovered include 89 frames, 16 heat shields, 10 trigger pins, three pistons, 25 locking lugs, 80 charging handles, 39 pistol-grip screws, 34 springs, 57 trigger groups, 66 foregrip latches, 45 foregrips/handguards, four pistol grips and five barrels,” Maiwada added.
