Major security agencies in the country shunned the event by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to explain its plans for the deployment of state of the art security equipment to combat the importation of illicit arms into the country.
The event held on Friday attracted security experts across the country, coming at a time in the upsurge of illicit arms into the country.
The NCS has sustained its efforts to stop unscrupulous persons from importing dangerous arms into the country, by stopping them at the One and Lagos seaports, the major points of entry in the country.
Yesterday, the Wale Adeniyi-led NCS held a joint security conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital to showcase its seriousness to deploy the non-intrusive inspection technology, but top security agencies in the country such as the Directorate of State Services (DSS), and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), were conspicuously absent, a situation, analysts say further highlights the bickering among Nigeria’s security outfits.
Meanwhile, top security sources informed the magazine that no headway can be achieved in blocking illicit arms proliferation if frontline security agencies in the country refused to cooperate.
