Nigeria: Intercepted Aircraft Belongs to U.S. - Russia

8 December 2014

Following the interception of a Russian-made cargo aircraft carrying arms by security operatives at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano state on Saturday, the Russian embassy in Abuja has made a move to clear the air, stating that though the intercepted plane is Russian, the arms on board did not belong to Russia.

According to a statement released yesterday by the embassy, the plane, with registration number RA H20 38, was carrying the cargo of the French peacekeeping mission in Chad routing from Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic to N'Djamena when it was forced to make an emergency landing in the Kano International Airport.

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