Maryland Residents Indicted Over Allegations of Arms Exports to Nigeria

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Three residents of Maryland, USA, have been indicted over allegations of exporting arms and ammunition to Nigeria.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the US Department of Justice, the indictment was announced by Jonathan F. Lenzner, the Acting US Attorney for the District of Maryland; James R. Mancuso, Special Agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Baltimore; and Timothy Jones, special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF), Baltimore field division.

The suspects — listed as 45-year-old Wilson Nuyila Tita of Owings Mills, Maryland; 40-year-old Eric Fru Nji of Fort Washington, Maryland; and Wilson Che Fonguh of Bowie, Maryland, aged 39 — are alleged to have exported arms and ammunition to Nigeria illegally.

The defendants and their co-conspirators allegedly contributed funds for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, reloading materials and other equipment for shipping overseas.

As detailed in the indictment, the defendants and other conspirators concealed the firearms, ammunition, rifle scopes, and other items in heavily wrapped packages and duffle bags, and inside sealed compressor units, placing those items into a shipping container destined for Nigeria without obtaining the requisite licenses from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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