By Dipo Olowookere
Two officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have been declared wanted by the Service over the importation of 661 pump-action rifles.
The two senior officers declared wanted are Abdulahi I, an assistant superintendent of customs (ASC), with service number 44483 and ACIC Odiba Inah, with service number 133386.
On Monday, Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Hameed Ali, had said that the Federal Operations Unit while on patrol, intercepted a Mark truck with registration number BUG 265 XG conveying a 40ft container with number; PONU/825914/3 along Mile 2 Apapa Road, Lagos.
He had also promised to get to the root of the matter.
In an alert issued on Tuesday, the Deputy Comptroller General, Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, Mr Dan Ugo, urged anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the wanted officers to provide them.
He had also requested that the officers be arrested wherever they are seen and taken to the nearest customs formation.