Hey, This is Nigeria, the most corrupt nation on earth, ever. They can say anything, bribe newspapers to get their message out. We have a democratically elected leader who loves his people, and is the envy of the sub region On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanx Laye for the update. > > Haruna. > > -----Original Message----- > From: A Jallow <[log in to unmask]> > To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 8:51 am > Subject: FWd: Iran says arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia > > *Iran says* arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia > Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:36am GMT > By Camillus Eboh > ABUJA (Reuters) - Crates of weapons seized in Nigeria last year had been > sent from Iran and were destined for Gambia as part of a three-year-old > agreement between the two countries, the Iranian ambassador to Nigeria said. > Nigeria reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council in November for an > apparent breach of U.N. sanctions. Tehran's ambassador said he had told > Nigerian authorities the shipment was part of legitimate trade with Gambia. > The weapons included assorted calibres of mortars and 107mm rockets -- > designed to attack static targets and used by armies to support infantry > units -- and shells for a 23mm anti-aircraft gun, hidden in containers > marked building materials. > "Security agencies in your country assessed these containers. I informed > them formally that this consignment was not meant for Nigeria, it was meant > for another country which you know is the Gambia," Hussein Abdullahi told > reporters in Nigeria's capital Abuja late on Tuesday. > "It is based on the agreement signed between Iran and the Gambia three > years back and this is not the first part of that consignment. This is the > third part and I asked them to please not allow people who are not happy > with our friendly relations to gain advantage of this incident," Abdullahi > said. > Iranian Azim Adhajani and Nigerian businessman Ali Usman Abbas Jega pleaded > not guilty at a Lagos court last week to charges of importing prohibited > firearms. > Prosecution documents identify Adhajani as a Tehran-based businessman and > member of the Revolutionary Guard. > Diplomatic sources told Reuters shortly after the goods were seized that > two members of the al-Quds force -- an elite unit of the Revolutionary Guard > which specialises in foreign operations for Iran -- were involved. The > second Iranian had diplomatic immunity and has since left the country. > Iran has said the cargo belonged to a private firm and was for sale > "legitimately". It has described the seizure as a misunderstanding. > A 2007 U.N. Security Council resolution states Iran must not "supply, sell > or transfer directly or indirectly from its territory or by its nationals > ... any arms or related material", under sanctions imposed over its disputed > nuclear programme. > As a non-permanent member of the Security Council, Nigeria was obliged to > report the apparent breach to the U.N. sanctions committee. Experts from the > world body visited Nigeria last month to assess whether the shipment had > contravened the ban but its findings have not yet been made public. > © Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. Users may download and print > extracts of content from this website for their own personal and > non-commercial use only. Republication or redistribution of Thomson Reuters > content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited > without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters and > its logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Thomson Reuters > group of companies around the world. > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤&curr > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > -- * ***************************************************************************** GOD BLESS SHEIKH PROFESSOR ALHAGIE YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH* *(PRESIDENT FOR LIFE.)* * * *GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA* * * *GOD BLESS APRC* * * *DOWN WITH THE FAILED OPPOSITION * ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤