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Customs reacts to online video of unlawful killing of a man along Ijebu Ode   

Nigeria Customs Service

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reacted to the disturbing online video making round, which depicts the painful killing of a man on Sunday morning at Shagamu interchange along Ijebu Ode.

Joseph Attah, national public relations officer of Customs stated in a statement issued on Sunday that the deceased young man was not a passenger of a bus on transit, but a good citizen who always come to fetch water for Customs Patrol men anytime they return to the base.

“While it is painful and totally unnecessary to lose life in anti-smuggling operations, today (Sunday) at Shagamu interchange along Ijebu Ode, attempt to obstruct lawful performance of duty by passengers of a commercial bus (a white Toyota Hiace) suspected to be carrying bales of used clothing led to the death of a young man (Godwin) and serious injury of a Customs Officer, named Destiny Onebamho,” Attah said.

According to him, preliminary finding indicated that it was during the skirmishes and struggle to disarm the officer that the riffle discharged and hit the friend of the Customs (Godwin) who lost his life.

Attah, who assured the public that the Service is already in touch with the bereaved family, said that while attention shifted to the dead and the wounded, the passengers who filmed with inciting commentaries boarded their vehicle and left, leaving the wrong impression that it was one of them that was killed.

He however added that while the wounded officer is under intensive care at the hospital, the patrol team has been recalled to the office for further investigation.

 

AMAKA ANAGOR-EWUZIE