Bales of illegal police uniforms, tear gas canisters intercepted
Bales of illegal police uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police were on Wednesday intercepted by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
This is coming as the nation prepares for the general elections in few days.
The Customs Area Comptroller of the unit, Muhammed Aliyu, said the uniforms were concealed in a Toyota Sienna space bus, heading out of Lagos.
He said a suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure.
Aliyu explained that the illegal uniforms are threat to national security, as it is destined to get to the wrong hands, especially at this critical moment in the history of the nation.
He added that ranks, belts, berets and police badges with identity cards were part of what were intercepted by the unit.
“The seizure is a threat to national security because the uniform can be used for kidnapping, Boko Haram insurgency, or elections. But generally, it threatens national security,” Aliyu said.
Sourced from The Guardian report.
