Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 86 units of forfeited drones to the Nigerian Navy in Abuja.
Presenting the drones, the Comptroller Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Capital Territory Command, Suleiman Bomoi said the drones were intercepted and seized at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for lack of end user certificates.
He said the end user certificate which is issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) was a requirement for purchase and import of the drones and other items into the country.
Bomoi who represented the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hamid Ali (rtd) said the service secured court forfeiture for the items before being handed over to the Nigerian Navy.
He said, “The drones are among the things that require an end user certificate and the end user certificate is being issued by the National Security Adviser (NSA), so failure to have an end user certificate we have to intercept the drones, seize the drones and condemn it and this is exactly what we did.
“We intercepted it from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and we seized it and we went to high court to get the condemnation order.
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