SSS Nabs Customs Comptroller Over Shady Arms Deals

Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah rtd (right) presenting a souvenir to the Dutch Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Bert Ronhaar, during a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.

A Comptroller of Customs, Jack Bot, has been arrested by men of the State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly buying ammunition over time from Niger State Police Command.

Mr Bot was arrested at the customs head office, Wuse, Abuja, alongside two police officers for alleged involvement in supplying arms and ammunition to armed robbers.

The customs officer and the two policemen were alleged to have a connection with the disappearance of some ammunition from the police armoury in Minna.

According to the Comptroller General of Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko, “it was suspected that someone among my officers was aiding armed robbers with weapons…eventually a junior officer, one Shehu, who is an orderly to a comptroller, Jack, from Plateau State was arrested.”

Upon Shehu’s arrest, SSS discovered that Jack was Shehu’s boss and that they had been in the shady deal since 2002. SSS also found that they even supplied weapons to Jos during crises in Plateau State.

The spokesman of the Nigerian Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, confirmed Bot’s arrest, stating that investigation was still going on.