Tin Can Port Command Arms Seizure: NCS Finalises Figures, Uncovers 399 Jojef Rifles in Major Haul

As part of effort to establish a concrete and detailed figure of the arms recently intercepted at the Tin Can Island Port Command, the Nigeria Customs Service has concluded the coupling and detailed examination of the seizure, uncovering 399 fully assembled Jojef firearms alongside a critical assortment of supplementary rifle parts.

This was made known in a statement issued on Sunday, 9 August 2026 by the Agency.

Recall that during the display of the massive firearms seizure at Tin Can Port Command on Thursday, 6 August 2026, the Comptroller -General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi pledged to make the final figure available to the public once the inventory is completed.

According to the statement issued on Sunday, the inventory has been completed and additional rifle 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.

The CGC had warned that criminal networks could seek to exploit Nigeria’s borders, ports and airports ahead of the next general elections to move prohibited items into the country. He assured Nigerians that the Service would intensify surveillance and enforcement operations to prevent such activities.

“We are about entering a major election cycle and we know that by this period, men of the underworld will want to use our borders, our ports, our airports to bring in items like this. We are going to redouble our efforts to ensure that we do not allow them to do so,” Adeniyi said.

Adeniyi reaffirmed the Service’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) under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to identify and dismantle trafficking networks while safeguarding national security and facilitating legitimate trade.

Following the complete inventory and assessment of the illicit shipment, the CGC reiterated that NCS is preparing to hand over the seized armaments to the NCCSALW, underscoring a unified inter-agency commitment to taking dangerous weapons entirely off the streets and ensuring that those behind the trafficking network are tracked down and brought to justice.