 A container loaded with arms and ammunition have been intercepted by officers of the Nigerian Customs Service attached to the Tinkern Island command in Lagos. The owner of the container reportedly said the consignment contained electronics, but upon close examination of the cartons, they were filled with guns. The Public Relations Officer of Tinkern Customs Command, Uche Ejeskeme, confirmed the discovery. His said comprehensive examination would be carried out on Monday with a view to unraveling the criminal gang behind this and continue to decimate and degrade them. The interception of the arms-laden container occurred days after the Inspector General Police Usman Baba charged strategic police managers in Nigeria Police Force to brace for anticipated internal security challenges that the year 2022 may present. Joining us live to discuss this is a security expert and former Commissioner of Police Lawrence Alobi also joining us with him is a retired Captain Kasme Ngwafo. He's also a security expert. Captain? Do I have Captain with us now? It's good to have you Captain even though I can't see your face clearly, but let's look at the magnitude of illegal arms and ammunition you know into the country so far and this seems threatening especially in Lagos where we see Lagos as a commercial hub and we're having this happen again after 2017. So it's very good that we're having this kind of incident. I think that you are one of the two components of the disability in the country. Okay, but do you think this is actually very obvious that there's something to be frightened about? The time is better in our country so this this this may be so I would say I wanted to go after the realm, the major one and start up because I don't know as much as I don't know what these are about. So I hope that this should not be in the case of somebody trying to do in the circle for me to why the drugs are compassionate and I love to so I'll leave that. The country is still grappling with the fact that the terror group Boko Haram and Iswab is taking over the north even though the government is saying that they are right on action against them and so seeing this kind of thing happening some months let me say a year and some months to the general election seems scary. It's an intimate thing, I can hear the people that are talking about this but what you find is that the political politicians are not playing the game today should be. I'm not one of those people that we are right in this Boko Haram and Iswab because they're doing Boko Haram and they're doing Boko Haram and Iswab. So I think that in Boko Haram they are really our political ones. You got the information that the system that's in Boko Haram thank you captain thank you so much for joining us tonight on news now we'll let you go now and still talk to you subsequently thank you for your time and right on on on the news tonight is with us a former commissioner of police Lawrence Alobi is also a security expert mr. Lawrence you're there with me now on phone thank you for joining us tonight it's another interception just as I spoke with captain for it's another interception of arms and ammunition and this time in the hub of business legos and this seems scary yeah that's true it's very very scary in terms that illegal for a person of arms and light weapons and ammunition because the state of our security because all of us are all from Boko Haram, the squad, kidnappers, armed robbers, bank robberies and all of the offenses they use for arms and ammunition even some unscrupulous politicians who are armed from this strength in the elections because of them so illegal arms and ammunition is a strong threat to us, not only in legos, but also in the entire country so we're going to ensure that all secret agencies smoke up all illegal arms, carry out aggressive taxes or wear the social security and arms and ammunition, our borders could learn and plan and see the world police, police by the customs and other secret agencies to ensure that we don't have such illegal arms in the country any longer any part of the country. So in January 2017 over 600 palm actions were intercepted at the Legos port and also just recently in October here in August 8th some ammunition were concealed in what we're popularly known here in Nigeria as Gary were concealed in them in in the bags and so looking at what the IGP said recently that strategic police officers should be ready for for any internals in security in 2022 looks to me like this is a premonition. Yeah, you see you see from the happening in the country the IGP was trying to have said that to take an equality action because we need to be proactive not to be reactionary. Based on the situation in the country, as well as agencies I want to commend the customs from being vigilant and attention to detecting of multi-legal armed robber council on in areas where the economic act is suspected like Gary and so forth. I commend the customs and other agencies also strengthen their intelligence and alertness because as I said earlier illegal arms and ammunition is such a threat to our democracy, our internals, our security and of course the weaponry of the nation and the more the illegal illegal arms get to the minds of a close person like Boko Haram, other terrorists and bandits, it should be a serious problem to us knowing that we are preparing for 2022 elections. So I think it is better that our agencies should be involved and carry out a joint operation on how to mock up illegal arms in all parts of the country and our land borders see that both land and sea, the airport is all the property man. If possible the credit card even installs a technology that can detect arms and weapons weapons that can also help in taking and complimenting the airport of the customs Thank you Mr. Lawrence Alobi. Thank you for your thoughts tonight. We'll also be speaking with you consequently or subsequently rather we'll be speaking with you subsequently on this matter as the Nigeria Custom Service has already said that by Monday there will be a proper examination of all the arms and to know the number and to know the kind of arms and ammunition that in that container. However before I let you go do you think that the number of hours left to do this proper examination is a sound standing? The Nigerian Custom Service has said that it's going to do a proper and major examination of what is what the container is carrying even though it already knows that there are arms and ammunition in them but it's saying it's going to do a proper examination to know the number of arms the kind of ammunition that are already in that container and I'm asking as a security expert knowing what's going on in this country right now in terms of insecurity do you think that the number of hours left for the major examination as the Nigerian Custom Service has said is a sound standing? Yes of course what is what is what do you mean where? You have to ascertain in terms of arms, in terms of ammunition, what is the number of ammunition and what is it? You know the way to mention that exactly what exactly is contained in that in that container whatever. So I think it is going to do a thorough talk and I told you that you will be able to ascertain the source where the arms came from and who are involved and ensure that all the ammunition is being carried out and ensure that those involved will be able to take that because of the equipment needed. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much Miss Laurenza Lovie. Thank you for joining us on the news now. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.