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| A Rifle Called Obj 006 by 4Play(m): 7:02pm On Mar 25, 2007 |
Why we named gun after Obasanjo — Army chief Sunday, March 25, 2007 THE Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, scandal re-echoed, weekend, as Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, DICON, says it is set to start mass production of the Nigerian version of Automat Kalashnikov 47 (AK47) rifle named after President Olusegun Obasanjo. advertisement Director general of DICON, Major General Nnaemeka Charles Maduegbunam, made this known, weekend, while receiving newly appointed Nigerian ambassadors to other countries at the DICON factory, at Kakuri, Kaduna. Vice President Atiku Abubakar had, in the course of the allegations of corruption and counter allegations between him and the president on the management of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, money revealed that Obasanjo withdrew about N1 billion from PTDF account to fund the rifle project. Atiku made the allegation while testifying during the Senate ad-hoc committee hearing on the PTDF scandal. “Let me use this opportunity to intimate our August guests with some of our other successes. In February 2006, we embarked on the design and production of assault rifles similar in characteristics to the famous Automat Kalashnikov (AK 47). This rifle which is named OBJ 006 was designed and produced within five months. An improved version of the OBJ 006 is under development and is nearing completion… “In the area of production, we have made remarkable improvement. For example, as at January 2006, 7.62 mm x 51 ammunition production was a dismal 500 rounds per day but, today, it is about 20,000 rounds per day. The 9mm x 19 ammunition production line which was last used in 1982 has also been resuscitated. Similarly, in the production of arms, we produced 1000 Nigerian Rifle I (NRI) in the last two months and additional 500 are in the production line. These were arms last produced in the year 2000. We will not rest in our oars until DICON achieves the purpose for which it was established”, the army chief said. Maduegbunam also told the ambassadors that the Nigerian new rifle was named after Obasanjo because the president was the second sitting Head of State to visit DICON after General Yakubu Gowon. |
| Re: A Rifle Called Obj 006 by JosBoy4Lif(m): 6:44am On May 12, 2009 |
I am surprised this topic was never really commented on. I wonder what is the status of the rifle manufacturing. |
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