Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has cried out to Nigerians.

He said; “Our biggest problem with stopping arms smuggling is that border communities gang up against us, kill us and burn our vehicles.”

“They gang up to fight us, because they think the bandits (who smuggle arms), are more important to their lives than us. We need other agencies and communities to help us.”

“Until that is done, Customs is willing to do what it can to stop that.”

“There is no nation that has been able to stop arms smuggling. I understand there are complaints; that how can Customs not stop this?”

“But we cannot effectively police borders. We can only make efforts through the third tier, to curtail smuggling.”