Nigeria Customs uncovers 399 Jojef firearms and rifle parts at Tincan Island Port

According to Abdullah Maiwada, the National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, this discovery represents a major blow to illegal arms proliferation in Nigeria. The seizure follows an interception on Thursday, August 6, 2026, of a container with concealed crates of knocked-down components initially identified as Jojef pump-action rifles. The additional parts recovered include 89 frames, 16 heat shields, 10 trigger pins, three pistons, 25 locking lugs, 80 charging handles, 39 pistol-grip screws, 34 springs, 57 trigger groups, 66 foregrip latches, 45 foregrips/handguards, four pistol grips, and five barrels.

Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, warned that criminal networks might exploit Nigeria’s borders, ports, and airports to move prohibited items ahead of the upcoming general elections. Adeniyi assured Nigerians that the service would intensify surveillance and enforcement operations to prevent such activities and reaffirmed the NCS's commitment to intelligence-led enforcement, stronger border surveillance, and collaboration with sister security agencies, including the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons NCCSALW. The NCS plans to hand over the seized armaments to the NCCSALW to dismantle trafficking