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Nigerian customs speak after viral videos show how officer
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in the evening of Sunday,
February 17, explained the situation that degenerated into the
killing of a citizen of the country at the Shagamu interchange
along Ijebu Ode area of Ogun state earlier in the day. The agency
denied the reports that trended earlier in the day showing that one
of its officers killed a passenger for refusing to give bribe. In
the video that trended, the voice of a passenger could be heard
screaming and saying the victim was killed because of N5,000 which
the customs officers at the interchange demanded and which led to
an altercation.
In his reaction, the spokesperson of the Nigerian customs
service, Joseph Attah, said: “The attention of (NSC) has been drawn
to a disturbing video going viral with conflicting narratives. “It
is painful and totally unnecessary to loose life in anti-smuggling
operations. “Today 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, ASC1, Destiny Onebamho.
“Contrary to some narratives, the young man was not a passenger
of the bus but a good citizen who always come to fetch water for
customs patrol men anytime they return to the base. “Preliminary
finding indicate that it was during the skirmishes and struggle
with the passengers to disarm the officer that the riffle
discharged and hit the friend of the customs (Godwin) who lost his
life,” he explained.
The customs spokesperson said that the service was already in
touch with the bereaved family. “Sadly, it should be noted that
while attention shifted to the dead and the wounded, the passengers
who filmed with inciting commentaries boarded their vehicles and
left, leaving the wrong impression that it was one of them that was
killed,” he said adding that the wounded officer was now under
intensive care at the hospital, while the patrol team had been
recalled to the office for further investigation.
The Nigeria Customs Service reaction earlier reported that the
Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, recently
disclosed that it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters
and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force, a little over
a week before the start of the 2019 elections.
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