G.B.T:

Those weapons are not Iranian. Iran will never write in English on their weapons. Except Iran was used as a transit point. Fine. Some men tried to arm themselves against Nigeria in the forth coming elections. Their runz did not "click". The option they had was to transfer the Evil on another sovereign nation not in the good book of the International community, A scape-goat. Thanks be to the architect of the universe, the Nigerian Army now has +13 containers of Artillery shells. Iran is innocent, that is my verdict in my Mental Court of Justice


Spot on bro. The wording would have been in ARABIC!

saridon_p:

@Rymz,For the fact that Iranian government agreed that the shipment came from them means they are ready to cooperate with our government and first thing Nigerian government should do is deal directly with Iranian government to a reasonable conclusion before you can jump into conclusion that Iran was behind the shipment or before making it a global crime.What I am saying is FG attempts to report to U.N is a weakness because we should be able to do that one our own.When Muttallab attempted to bomb american airline,U.S government didnt report us to U.N.

saridon_p:

@Rymz,For the fact that Iranian government agreed that the shipment came from them means they are ready to cooperate with our government and first thing Nigerian government should do is deal directly with Iranian government to a reasonable conclusion before you can jump into conclusion that Iran was behind the shipment or before making it a global crime.What I am saying is FG attempts to report to U.N is a weakness because we should be able to do that one our own.When Muttallab attempted to bomb american airline,U.S government didnt report us to U.N.

mikeansy:

Some people are just ridiculous.

The French shipping company who brought in these Arms have confirmed that they were loaded in from Iran. It is up to Iran to tell us where the Arms came from if they claim it was not theirs.

You people should stop drinking panadol for another country's headache. The talk about the manual being written in English is just plain ridiculous. We are talking about Arms that are to be sold in the black market and folks are talking about the manual not written in Iranian.

This is a serious National Security issue and you people are simply thinking in lay terms. English is the Universal language and it is not impossible that the Iranian makers of these arms knowing they will be sold in the black market has simply written the manual in English.

Folks are waiting for "Ayotollah Khomenei's Army" to be written on the arms before accepting it could come from Iran. How ridiculous.

Wake up folks, the real world does not work like that. Even respectable companies like BAE Systems use their outposts in South Africa, Ukraine and Israel to sell armunitions to markets that BAE Systems United Kingdom can not sell to due to Marketing and UN regulations.

So when Iranian and Chinese Arms manufacturers make arms they want to sell in the black market so that rebels in Africa can use it to kill themselves. They certainly will not write the manual in Chinese or Iranian because there are simply no speakers of these languages anywhere else around the world.

Grow up folks.

Odein Ajumogbia is doing a great job in a very complicated diplomatic situation. It certainly helps to have Foreign Minister who is a lawyer and understands international law/diplomacy.

With the state of nigeria,a country like iran easily colonize nigeria radically.Islamist pitch their tents in failed states like nigeria.

lagerwhenindoubt:

WTF!! FG does nothing when Ibori, Odili and Oni smuggled arms to touts to ensure victory at elections, now they accuse Iraq of trying to sneak arms past Nigeria WTF!!

I am sure IBB and his ilk are smoothly smuggling arms ahead of the primaries

Me sef:

So they should let Iran be, hmmm? Gosh!!!!! I can't believe this comment is from a sane Nigerian! So unintelligent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suggest you check the facts first before you make a judgement on the Nigerian Government.

You have no clue what you are talking about I am sorry to say.

All I think I heard Nigeria say is that they will report Iran to UN IF it is found that Iran has breached the provisions of UN regulation.

Besides dont be too quick to differentiate between Iran and the individual in question because the last time I checked rockets and military grade bombs is not the sort of products any roadside enterprenuer manufactures in their backyard.

So check the facts before you take sides.

saridon_p:

@Rymz,For the fact that Iranian government agreed that the shipment came from them means they are ready to cooperate with our government and first thing Nigerian government should do is deal directly with Iranian government to a reasonable conclusion before you can jump into conclusion that Iran was behind the shipment or before making it a global crime.What I am saying is FG attempts to report to U.N is a weakness because we should be able to do that one our own.When Muttallab attempted to bomb american airline,U.S government didnt report us to U.N.

saridon_p:

@Beaf,So for the fact that they agreed that the weapons originated from their country means their government is involved.I think you should check the way you reason.

Iran says Nigeria arms "misunderstanding" settled

By Mitra Amiri

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it has resolved a "misunderstanding" over an arms shipment seized in Lagos which Nigeria is likely to report to the United Nations Security Council as a possible breach of sanctions.

[size=14pt]"T[b]he seized cargo belonged to a private company and it was for sale legitimately to a West African country," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters, without naming the country. "I think the misunderstanding has been resolved."[/b][/size]

Diplomatic and security sources outside Iran said the intended destination of the weapons had not been clarified yet, but they added that investigations have focused on two Iranians believed to be senior members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.

"One of the Iranian citizens ,  provided all the necessary explanations to Nigerian officials," said Mottaki, who visited Nigeria last week. He also criticised suggestions which "are aimed at harming our relationship with Nigeria", but did not elaborate.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Friday that Lagos would report Iran to the Security Council if it found any evidence that the shipment broke U.N. sanctions imposed over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear activities.

The United States and its allies fear Iran's nuclear programme is a cover to build bombs. Tehran denies this, saying its nuclear work is aimed at generating electricity.

Ajumogobia added that he did not currently believe Iran had broken the sanctions. However, a Nigerian diplomat in New York told Reuters that the Security Council's Iran sanctions committee would definitely be informed.

A Security Council resolution bans Iran from "supplying, selling or transferring directly or indirectly from its territory or by its nationals ,  any arms or related material".
Nigerian security agents questioned one of the two Iranian men involved in the arms shipment but could not meet the second because he has diplomatic immunity.

Diplomatic sources outside Iran said the two are believed to be members of al-Quds, an elite unit of the Revolutionary Guards that specialises in foreign operations on behalf of Iran,

French-based shipping group CMA CGM said the containers carrying the arms shipment, which was labelled as building materials, had been loaded in Iran by a local trader.

lagerwhenindoubt:

Mr sane Nigerian, remove the spec in your eye before pointing at the spec in other peoples eyes. we stink of hypocrisy, How did the Militants in the Niger Delta get their weapons, can you tell me that? Let us treat the security situation rather than fighting symptoms of a disease.

and besides, why are you making insane assumptions, who said they should let iran be, God we can be so bleeping presumptuous. same issue with laundering our image abroad rather than treating real issues of corruption at home first. where did Boko haram get their arms and how come armed robbers have better weapons that the Police, where are the arms coming from? you simply ignore the disease and waste money treating symptoms.