ABUJA —Nigeria yesterday disagreed with Iran that the issue of shipment of 13 containers of arms intercepted at Apapa port where Iran was accused of complicity has been settled.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki who visited Nigeria last week and held a meeting with his Nigerian counterpart, over the matter said yesterday in Tehran that the issue of an alleged Iranian arms shipment intercepted in Nigeria was a “misunderstanding” that has been settled.
“A private company which had sold conventional defence weapons to another country in West Africa had transferred the shipment via Nigeria which raised some doubts with relevant officials,” Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters.
Mottaki said an Iranian national who was in Nigeria as the representative of the company “had offered explanations to Nigerian authorities and I believe the misunderstanding has been cleared up.”He did not specify whether the firm was Iranian.
Investigations ongoing
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