Arms Smugglers Kill Customs Boy, Vanish For Kainji Forest

Arms smugglers don kill one Nigerian Customs errand boy, wey dem dey call “camp boy,” for Babana, one Niger State village wey dey border Benin Republic. After dem shoot di boy for road, di smugglers waka go inside Kainji National Park through Audu Fari road. People dey suspect say dem dey carry weapons go supply Ansaru terrorists wey dey operate for North-central Nigeria and northern Benin. Customs “camp boys” na unofficial helpers wey officers dey use for border and ports, but Customs Service talk say dis one fit risk national security. Di shooting happen around 8pm for Saturday, 18 October, and one local security guard confirm say di boy try stop dem for Rofia river but dem fire am dead for spot.

Sources talk say di weapons fit dey come either from Benin Republic or from North-western Nigeria states like Kebbi and Niger, because no naval base dey for River Niger to stop di arms trafficking. One former Kainji National Park worker talk say security no strong for di ferry wey dey carry goods across River Niger, so arms and other contraband fit pass easy. E still add say for Benin Republic last week, dem catch truck wey carry about 200 AK-47 rifles hidden under onions wey dem dey try bring enter Nigeria. Ansaru terrorists, wey dem call Mamuda, dey hide for Kainji forest and work with another al-Qaeda linked group JNIM wey dey cause wahala for Sahel. Local vigilantes and military from Nigeria and Benin dey fight dem together to stop dis transborder terror threat.