Che, why blame Nigeria when the paper quoted the Iranian Ambassador? What you and Oga Jammeh should worry about is the excuse you will have to craft to deflect the attention. You now have to explain where the two previous shipments are or what you have used it on, for we have never shot down an aircraft in Gambian territory nor have we ever heard an explosion of such magnitude. If the weapons are in Kanalia, then an audit will be conducted. You are still not out of hot waters if the tally is in total, for Senegal will now want to know how you brought them in, in order to understand how the MFDC are getting their weapons. The UN, AU, and ECOWAS also want to know if these weapons were destined for IC. You cannot blame it on Ansumana Manneh anymore, he dead. You also have to tell the Nigerians why you think they are the easy pickens for your shipment. Why through Nigeria? Could this have been Jammeh's route with Victor Bout, all this while? Ever since Baba Jobe was put on the UN Hunt list, Oga Jammeh stopped flying weapons into Gambia using the aircraft he bought with our stolen resources. Yeah, we are the envy of the subregion, that is why our people are turned into beggars. Che, the dust has not settled and you are getting very paranoid. The world is changing, and very fast. Just like in Egypt, you never know what or when the fire will ignite. Yaya's days are numberer. He also knows that those around him will take him to the cleaners at the slightest opportunity, let alone his enemies, real and imaginary. It will be interesting to see Senegal's reaction with this revelation. Che, Yaya can never kill all of Gambia even if his life depended on it, thus, he will have to be paranoid for as long as he stays on.
Joe
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:12:14 -0500
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Subject: Re: Iran says arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia
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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.
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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.
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