Nigeria’s secret service intercepted 13 containers in the main port of Lagos two weeks ago which were found to contain rocket launchers, grenades and other explosives and ammunition.
French-based shipping group CMA CGM later said the containers, which were labelled as building materials, had been loaded in Iran by a local trader.
An official at the Iranian embassy in Abuja confirmed that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was in Nigeria but declined to comment further.