Reuters: A court in Nigeria on Thursday charged a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and three Nigerians over a shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos last month.
ABUJA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – A court in Nigeria on Thursday charged a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and three Nigerians over a shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos last month.
Azim Adhajani, identified in court documents as a Tehran-based businessman and member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was charged alongside a suspected Nigerian accomplice with the importation of prohibited firearms.
The two men and a further two Nigerian suspects were also charged with conspiring to export the illegal shipment to Banjul, Gambia. (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/ ) (Reporting by Camillus Eboh; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Maria Golovnina)
