UPDATE: NIGERIA CUSTOM RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT OVER THE KILLING OF INNOCENT MAN BY ITS OFFICIAL
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Joseph Omoniyi
Following the killing of an innocent young man by an officer of the Nigerian Custom earlier this morning, the Service has released an official statement concerning the incident.
The statement alleged that the victim who had been a friend of the officers on patrol around the Shagam interchange, Ijebu-ode, was accidentally shot dead while a suspected smuggler attempted to disarm a certain Destiny Onebamho who was reported to have pulled the trigger.
According to the report released by the Public Relations Officer, DC Joseph Attah, after the video went viral, Onebamho who was attacked by an angry mob at the scene of the sad incident , is now under intensive care, while the rest of the officers have been recalled for further investigation.
Read the full statement below:
“PRESS STATEMENT
The attention of Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a disturbing video going viral with conflicting narratives.
While 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 to disarm the Officer that the riffle discharged and hit the friend of the Customs (Godwin) who lost his life. The Service is 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 vehicle and left, leaving the wrong impression that it was one of them that was killed.
While the wounded Officer is under intensive care at the hospital, the patrol team has been recalled to the office for further investigation.
DC Joseph Attah
Public Relations Officer
For: Comptroller-General of Customs”
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