An imposing 12.7mm HMG-armed Otokar Cobra APC on urban CT-COIN operations in NE Nigeria
BUSINESS DAY
11 August, 2012
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Friday displayed a large number of arms and ammunition it recovered after an operation in Maiduguri.
JTF Field Commander, Col. Victor Ebhaleme told newsmen at the ocassion that the recovery followed intelligence report available to the JTF from previous arrest. “A raid was conducted in Maiduguri metropolis leading to the recovery of a large cache of arms.
”Ebhaleme listed the arms as four AK 47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun and nine Rocket Propelled Grenades. “Others included 1,032 rounds of ammunition,three AK47 magazines and three wooden butts.”
Ebhaleme also announced the arrest of two suspects believed to be behind anonymous text messages in the metropolis, asking people to pay money or get killed. “Two criminals involved in
sending anonymous threats text messages to individuals requesting money were also arrested.
“Members of the public are reminded to always report such threats to security agencies early enough for prompt action.”
The seized cache of arms
Well this reads libya to me
AKs, PKM,RPG’s.
Time to trace the serial numbers back and see where they originated from
Africa is awash with this kind of weapons. Viktor Bout, and his collegues from the ex soviet states essentially made africa a dumping ground for excess soviet small arms.
Nigerian army ran up against some of these weapons in the wars in liberia and sierra leone. The weapons are flown in, and then battered for raw materials. Diamonds in the case of sierra leone and UNITA’s angola, rubber and timber in the case of Charles Taylor’s Liberia.
Angola’s MPLA govt likewise battered/ mortgaged it’s future oil earnings to purchase weapons from the same ex soviet states.
Anyway, these small weapons seem so worn and beat up to be libyan. Could be from Chadian or liberian stock.