An Iranian man, Azim Aghajani and his Nigerian accomplice, Ali Abbas Jega, were today Monday May 13th sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for shipping illegal arms into Nigeria. The two were arrested in 2010 after Lagos port authorities discovered 13 containers of weapons which they had declared as construction materials.
The two men, who have been in court since 2011, were found guilty on four criminal counts but they will only serve less than three years of their 5 year sentence as their sentence will be counted from February 2011 when their trial began. The recovered arms will be given to the Federal government.
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Nonesense instead ov dem to sell it somwhere far o burn it dey wnt to gv d govt so police wud use it to kill innocent ppl abi. God dey
Yinmu.....
Nice job! These are the types of miscreants adding to the insecurity in Nigeria, such illegal arms land in the wrong hands, viz; Boko Haram, armed robbers, etc.
5 years yrs jail term for people that bring illegal arms to the country? I laugh for Naija. We are not ready to tackle insecurity issues in Nigeria honestly. Where were these people taking the arms to? Who and who are behind it? I believe there won't be answers for these questions.
This is fucked up now why will they let him serve less than his sentence? is it bcos he isnt a nigerian or what ? thats so bad
Hmmm naija also is behaving like king u beta don't let anythg wrong wit him or else kip my comment
Lie I don't believe them they will release him after some days Iranian jailed in naija buahh se na wash sebi na naija they will still respect him
13 containers of weapons 5years ..... what is happening in nigeria #nawa for 9ja
Nice one,atleast they need to start taking us serious as it pertains crime fighting.
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jailed inside wch prison..hian oh,.... all dis z jst initial gragra, he will still bribe his way out.....#ugo_joy
Dis r d pipo causing problem in dis country. He should b jailed for 50yrs. If it were to b in Iran dat a Naija is caught it would v b diff story.
fuck hell, wat is five years? dats 2 small 4 such crime
D govt dat will in turn arm their political thugs wit d weapons n empty promises......u all knw d rest naa. Its a malicious n vicious cycle. God save us all
To kirikiri straight lee me c if dat oyibo will not turn to aboki black...
Wow! Never knew naija has such cool, wonderful, powerful, good looking guns...only see that sh*t in video games *now going to play Black Ops 2*
NA every white man b oyinbo
5 years? For 13 containers of weapon. Issorait
Hahaha 5 years? Na whao 4 naija judgment self, last 2 weeks dey sentenced one guy dat stole Gov Aregbesola of osun state phone about 13 years impressing. 4 only one sony ericson phone. Compare to dis oyinbo man offence!!!
All dese ones na formality!we all knw dey aint gonna b serving any jail term,no b Naija again?tuale 4 my modaland,I trust Iran,if a Nigerian were 2 b found guilty of dsame crime,aswear,e go die 4 jail!but see our own beloved Nigeria....do we knw hw many ammunitions av been brot in2 d country by dese men?do we knw all d atrocities n killings dat av bin done usin dose arms?probably uncountable!yet d govt deemed it fit 2 say d jail term remains only 3yrs...I cry 4 dis nation!wat a pity!dis is so pathetic!
Good judgment for the gun runner. Diplomatic ties might have reduce the year.
Let him go nd serve his jail term in his country oo b4 dem go com throw us bomb 4 nija buhaha
Only 5 years??! dem no even hand cuff the man, i saw it on tv. lIKE SAY DEM DEY FEAR TO ARREST AM, IF NA PERSON WEY STILL BROOM NOW, THEM FOR PUT AM FOR FIRING SQUAD, I HAVE A FEELING THIS MAN WILL BRIBE HIS WAY OUT. THE IRANIAN FOOL DON DESTROY HIM COUNTRY FINISH, WAN COME DESTROY OUR OWN.
recovered ammunitions will be given to the federal govt or destroyed????i m sure some of them will still be used if given to the fed govt.
I wonder if a Nigerian citizen would have been given 5 years.
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Nigerian laws r so damn old,why wld give him only 5 yrs,instead of our reps to discus d changing of some laws dr just sit dr and argue abt nonsense and den go home wit fat salaries
J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇Ï„̣̣̥ 5yrs? Rubbish,if na dem na 2 cut off heads,d̶̲̥̅̊ª†̥ 5yrs na 5months,cos dem bC̶̲̥̅ scape goat.I trust 9ja law.mr karlitto
My thots exactly
Chaiii nigeria.what is five years as compare to the nigerians who are hang everyday for stealing just few naira.nonsense!!!!
These SSS guys n their beautiful guns sha
Indeed naija wit dia court terms*smh* dunno wen dis country will learn
I feel he should get life sentence instead
3yrs for 13containers of illegal arms,buh a young nigerian is currently serving a 45yr jail term for stealing governor's phone.Nigeria thy pride is gone.
A guy was sentenced 45 years for stealing Governor Aregbesolas phone. While someone who imported 13 containers of arms was given 5 years. So lesser crime bigger jail term and bigger crime lesser jail term.
And person wey steal phone dem sentence am to 45yrs imprisonment...I weep for my country
Person steal fone na life imprisonment, you ship arms illegally to a country that's in a state of anarchy and you giving dem 5 years.... Are Nigerians scared of the iranian govt or wtf is this...? :s
5 years jail sentence for shippin 13 containers of illegal arms while a young who took a governors fone gets more jail sentence.does that stop more shippin of illegal arms.SMH for dis country.
Naijadeltapikin... Ds ÈŠ̊§ nonsense arrant rubish if na for iran α̲̅πϑ na nija man dem go don kill Ǻ♍ straight but for here naija dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ pamper foreigner Ǻ♍ sure dem don bribe d judge self only God will help us in ds country.
Dis country is misbehavin alot.5yrz cos He is a white man....shebi a naija stole a governor'z fone nd got life sentance.if its dat white man'z country nd a nigerian is found guilty of gunz wat wil dia sentance b?
I dnt tink he wil survive it ,if truly he's wil serve he's jail term in nigeria's prison
May God punish these bastards 5years?!!! For 13 containers of weapon, someone was sentence to 45yrs for stealing a governors phone another to death for stealing sachets of peak milk and indomie, this proves that some powerful people in this country are behind this, we only heard their sentence more questions need to be answered like where were they shipping it to??? Who's is the recipient of those weapons??? What where they going to use it for??? Who sponsored them??? Trust me if it was a nigerian caught with this in iran the person will be hanged to death. What a JOKE. May God bless nigeria and may he also destroy those trying to destroy it
5year for those kind of weapon, these are not guns we are talking about these are 13 containers of Grenade launchers (RPG) am sorry to say but NIGERIA IS DEAD (dead man walking)
Linda its 17yrs and not 5yrs.
5 yrs only when wll ths law pple grow naa tor thank ths is even better than that of N750 police penssion scam. DD
Y given d guns to FG.ar u not sure dat is d FG dat sent dem 2bring d guns in d 1st place.seriously I don't understand dis country
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Nonsense.. See porous border.
Naija laws are very flexible. We need rigid laws & constitution in dis country. Crime as such, should go for a life time sentencing not as D judge ordered.
Who knows.. Those weapons are for deadly extremist, kidnappers &.. terrorist we're still fighting with to day.
May GOD help &.. See us through in dis side of D world we're living in.
Hnmm naija our naija. 5yrs for 13 containers of arms. And they still went ahead to give the arms to those who ordered for it. *smh May God save us 2015
Less than 5yrs for 13 count charges, what about the guy who stole a governor's phone and was given 52yrs imprisonment? 9ja is an aftermath of a failed state.
5 years? 5 years!!!
The most hilarious thing is that the monster in the above pic is most likely a very direct link to terrorism in Nigeria.
He imported what, like how many containers of ammunition?
These weapons would go out to armed robbers, boko haram, militants etc.. ie terrorists/evil doers in the society.
Yet those motherfuckers sentenced him to just 5 years.
They feel the problem in curbing terrorism/unrest in this country is to regulate private jet usage, regulate the use of tints for cars, and other partially ineffective measures, and here they are; with one of the real causes of unrest in this country, and they are using kiddie gloves to handle him!
Is it because he isn't black/Nigerian?
This is sick! So tired of this country.
5 yrs is nothing. Iranian government will execute or give life sentence for this kind of crime. But doest it mean customs dont have a way of determine the true content of containers before giving clearance, even in today's high-tech world? Nigeria is still very far from development.
Penalties should be death now...haba, 13 containers....what kinda of a country is diz? Smuggle drugs to saudi arabia or malaysia nd see the penalty(straigh up death)....one can't rely on the law again...
I'm just tired of all this anh anh na only them get this county.
They should be detained and questioned about the containrs now haba.
They just want to let them go like that just 5years #shocked#,you dare not try this in america,they have seriously taken Nigeria for granted...mtcheww
Rubbish,5yrs for what? These men should b hanged n burnt alive at same time
ONLY FIVE YEARS, COMPARED TO HIS CRIME ???!!
We as a nation, is still in dream land. When the govt is serious to tackle insecurity in this country, he would. Coz they know how to go about it, but only afraid it will boomerang on them coz politicians are the source of our problem in this country, when they would be dishing out weapons to their political thugs to go fight their opponents. Now tell me the difference between this story and that of those politicians that believe in thuggery during election.
Mark it somewhere, these weapons are already bought by our politicians n Boko harams for 2015 election.
Hahaha!!! @ kill innocent pipo
I can't help bt laff. D person wey steal fone was jailed 4 40yrs, d person wey ship arms was given 5yrs...hmn, 9ja! #Bammy#
Exactly what I was thinking.
When will the criminal procedural Act be amended? These punishments are old na haba if na constitution dem go amend am 10 times so dey can steal well n protect their selves
Madness in our land! 3yrs for what?its too pathetic,by the way what is FG goin to do with 13 containers of ammunitions? Naija area!
Let a Nigerian try that in iran and see if they wont cut off that person head.
I would have suggested off with his damn head too!!!!
Nawa for naija, 5 years only? If the roles were reversed in his country, they would have cut off the person's hands, legs, firing squad etc....juvenile people.
Pls they should go and trade their weapons of mass destruction elsewhere, and leave naija alone. We never solve BH problem finish, make we no add Iran on top existing wahala!
Person thief governor phone,dem give am 50yrs..Irani idiot import 13 containers of illegal arms..dem givam jus 5yrs..infact naija is a living hell hole..all I kno is dat I have commented..if u like no post am @linda
nice thing that they were sentenced but i do not understand the motive behind giving the weapons to the FG.
Only 5yrs for thirteen containers of illegal Arms. Haba naija.
U want them to burn explosives?? Big joke!
Critically analyse d last sentence
If that was the other way round, its death by hanging o. 5 year pere, i can bet you he wont even serve half of it. shior!
Yeye people
So they basically have 17 containers of weapons for free. Thats the whole point of the trial. *MSCHEW*
Sorry, 13 containers!
Well, nt suprised....peeps, kindly gada d little moni u ve n liv dis CURSED country.....words of advice
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D person will even be beheaded!!d question of who they were selling d weapons to never arose in court?those people shld also be fished out and jailed too.Naija,it shall be well one day
Ok ooo. but let us not hear that they 'escaped' back to iraq ooo. cos im very sure they were not selling the arms to 'ordinary' citizens oo. Lets not be short sited. yes its good they wer caught, but who are their clients???
I also wonder what the punishment would be if nigerians were caught in iraq smuggling arms into iraq?
smtyms i look @ this country nd laff ibori was dclared nt guilty in a delta hi court wot latter happend,alams have been giviin presidential pardon,bankole we don't even remember his case again,wot of chimaroke 4mer gov of enugu,chairman of p pension fund allowed 2 go scotfree,many of dem dat i can remember nd nw this iranian is goin 2 serv only 3 yrs no interogation on were all this arms were goin 2 we no this thin appned towards d election period probably there ar sm oga @ d top who wrk tirelessly 2 see dat he goes scot free nd also nt 2 get exposed but a yung man stole a phone cuz it's a govnors phone jail term became 45 yers the hierachy of this country is utterly useless nd bombasticall corrupt nd we can only talk nd talk wot is happnin continues nw silva is currently bein prosecuted wot will appn wot happnd wit bankole. we av nt sat down 2 ask our sef do our leaders blive in this country or ar they hipocrits who ar there cos of wot they can get?. @ westino
5 yrs?????????? When i witnessed a man being hanged 4 hacking a Senator's bank account yesterday!!!! NONSENSE COUNTRY!!! I wish my ancestors were one of d slaves who were forced out of West Africa long ago..i would have been in America or Britain now enjoyin myself!!! I am dissapointed!!! Oluwa save us!!! Hey!!!!!!
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