A Joint Security Operatives attached to the Nigerian Army 23 Armoured Brigade in Yola, seized six Mine Resistant Military Vehicles in Konkol, a borderline village in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State, between Nigeria and Cameroon, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV gathers that the Nigerian Army could not immediately verify the ownership of the military vehicles, where they were being shipped from and their destination the equipments is headed.
Igbere TV learnt that officers of 23 army Battalion, S.G. Mohammed, who intercepted the equipments have already handed them over to the Nigerian Customs Service for further investigation.
The vehicles was received by the comptroller of Customs in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, Olumoh Kamaldeen, at a ceremony in Konkol, Fufore LGA.
Igbere TV further gathered that the military high command in Abuja has directed an urgent investigation into the discovery, just as the equipment are currently at Customs area command in Yola.
Igbere reports that according to the law, it is illegal to import such equipment without an end-user certificates from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), which is the only federal agency with powers to issue such document.
