'HOW DASUKI IMPORTED ILLEGAL FOREIGN ARMS'-NATFORCE

The National Task Force on Illegal Importation of
Firearms, NATFORCE, on Tuesday threw more light
into its claims that the ex-National Security Adviser,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), among others, allegedly
aided the importation of several trailers of illegal
arms and ammunitions into the country.
The NATFORCE alleged that the arms were
delivered to the Islamic terrorists, Boko
Haram, a group that has gruesomely murdered
tens of thousands of innocent Nigerians.
One of the documents made available by the
NATFORCE revealed that over 22 trucks of
arms, ammunitions and light weapons were
imported illegally into the country within the
period.
The truck numbers that allegedly brought the
arms and ammunitions into the country, which
were allegedly cleared by the Customs are:
“LSR468KD; KTU22XM; XW136RBC; LSD21ZL;
2578A0; BDG182XF; AGI463XX; XK442AB;
LSD871XL; GT2131F; GT4813R; EKY361XC;
GC9570R; LND692XL; TG7974AL; XL101BDG;
TG2322AN; AG1390RB; TG3492AL; XV866APP;
X875EPE and AU2080RB.”
In a letter dated 27th of July, 2015 addressed
to President Muhammadu Buhari, titled:
“abduction of Chief Dr. Osita Emmanuel
Okereke, (OON) by the former National
Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) & Sir.
Mike Okiro, Chairman Police Service
Commission”, the petitioner, Dr. Okereke, who
is the Director General of the NATFORCE
alleged that because he refused to back down
on the activities of his agency in combating
illegal importation of arms, ammunition and
light weapons, the duo had vowed to kill him.
He alleged that on the 20th of November,
2014 at Seme Border, one Col. T Isah of 242
Battalion of the Nigerian Army came to Seme
Border with his men loaded in five Hilux pick-
up Vans and over powered the men and
officers of the National Taskforce (NATFORCE)
and escorted ten trucks of Arms and
Ammunition into the country.
“When we alerted the presidency, ex-NSA
Dasuki summoned Col. Isah, who was his boy,
to Abuja for purported interrogation but little
did we know that Col. Dasuki and ex-CG
Custom Diko were hands in glove as Col. T
Isah was never interrogated as he is their
agent vide Sam Express Company acting as
their agent”, he further alleged.
According to him, “Col. Isah of 242 Battalions
of the Nigerian Army Lagos has always acted
the script of the former NSA; the ex-CG of
Custom had at about the same period
personally gave ex-NSA about 30 vehicles
which contained arms were subsequently sent
to Kaduna and packed at Ndediko Park along
Nnamdi Azikiwe Way near Mando, Kaduna
State.
“It would not be out of place if your Excellency
finds time and confronts Col. Dasuki with the
ownership of the said arms and ammunition
as the whole incident was engineered by him
and the ex-CG of Custom by name Mr. Diko.
“Sir, it will be noteworthy to mention that Col.
Dasuki and the former CG of Customs swore
that they would eliminate me (Dr. Okereke)
from the surface of this earth; they have
followed up with actions. There have been
assassination attempts on my life hatched by
the CG of customs and retired Col. Dasuki.”
Meanwhile, it was gathered that earlier, the
NATFORCE had in a letter dated 3rd December,
2014 with Ref: NTF/R.012/PWM/056 addressed
to former President Goodluck Jonathan titled,
‘Very Urgent and Confidential’; disclosed that
Col. Isah and a business mogul called Sam
Express were allegedly in the habit of aiding
and abetting importation and release of arms,
ammunitions, light weapons and contraband
goods from Seme Border.
The letter called on the Federal Government to
request the scanning report from the Nigerian
Customs and institute a high powered
investigation into the matter with a view to
bringing culprits to book for a better Nigeria.
However, the NATFORCE alleged that the
former NSA sat on all the letters.