The trial of five men who were charged with illegal importation of 661 pump-action guns continued on Monday, with the first defendant, Mahmud Hassan, alleging that the gang paid N1m to security agents to smuggle in the gun consignment at Apapa Port, Lagos. Hassan made the allegation in a video played in court on Monday by the prosecution. The video was played in a trial-within-trial to test the voluntariness of the statement made by Hassan while in the custody of the Department of State Services. Hassan’s lawyer, Yakubu Galadima had,…
We Paid DSS, Others N1m To Clear 661 Guns, Suspect Alleges
