Details: Officer Killed In Customs Gunfight With Smugglers

Customs Show Bullet-Riddled Vehicle In Gun Fight With Smugglers That Claimed One Officer

The men of the Nigeria Customs Service have lost an officer with three others sustaining different degrees of injuries in a gunfight with smugglers.

The deceased is identified as ASCI Saheed Aweda

The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3 of the Nigeria Customs Service was reportedly ambushed along Sinau- Kenu road in Baruten Local Government Area, Kwara state.

The smugglers were said to be trying to recover seized goods from the Joint Patrol.

“Some abandoned thirty jerry cans of PMS and forty bags of rice” were at stake according to information monitored on the social media page of the Nigeria Customs Service.

The verified social media page also posted bullet-riddled vehicles of the Nigeria Customs Service from the tragic encounter.

While the deceased is said to have been buried according to Islamic Rites in his hometown, Popongbona, Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara state, the injured officers are said to be undergoing treatments at “undisclosed hospitals”.

The Coordinator Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Compt. Olugboyega Peters has reportedly ordered a comprehensive investigation into the development asserting that “This trend of unprovoked attacks by faceless cowards whose intention is to instil fear in the minds of law enforcement operatives shall not go unpunished. Neither will it dampen the resolve of officers and men from carrying out their statutory functions.”