UN / NIGERIA CONTAINERS

Commenting on the containers of weapons camouflaged as building materials intercepted by the Nigeria's secret service, the country's Foreign Minister Odien Ajumogobia says they need to identify "in more detail" the content of the containers. "There is also an aspect of the investigations that we are pursuing, which is that these arms were being shipped to a third country." UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:15
• Production Date: 16 November 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS
• Geographic Subject: NIGERIA; IRAN
• MAMS Id: U101116h

Description

STORY: UN / NIGERIA CONTAINERS
TRT: 1.15
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT 2010, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

16 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Odien Ajumogobia approaches microphone
3. Cutaway, cameramen
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Odien Ajumogobia, Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs:
“Well the investigation revealed that there was an Iranian national that was connected with the consignee of the shipment who is a Nigerian. And so that came out and that Iranian national was held out in the Iranian Embassy in Abudja, and so we needed access to this individual and when the Iranian Foreign Minister came we had productive discussions that led to giving access to this individual. He is been interrogated as we speak by the security agents to find out more.”
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Odien Ajumogobia, Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs:
“First of all we need to identify exactly what the containers contained in terms of the details. There is also an aspect of the investigations that we are pursuing, which is that these arms were being shipped to a third country. We’re investigating that aspect of the claims.”
7. Cutaway, journalists
8. Zoom out, leaves journalists behind

Storyline

Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Odien Ajumogobia briefed journalists today at United Nations headquarters on the situation concerning the containers carrying weapons labeled as building supplies from Iran seized in the Nigerian port of Lagos last month.

Ajumogobia said that the investigation had revealed there was an Iranian national connected with the Nigerian consignee of the shipment. He added that an intervention from the Iranian Foreign Minister led to discussions with the Iranian national, who is being interrogated by Nigerian security agents.

He said there was the need to identify the “detail” of the content in the containers and also said they were looking into whether the arms were being shipped to a third country.