Customs boss escapes lynching by smugglers

Th e Controller, Ogun State Command of the Customs Service (NCS) Sani Madugu, narrowly escaped being lynched after an attack on his convoy by suspected smugglers on Wednesday. Madugu told journalists on Th ursday at the Idiroko Customs headquarters, that the attackers took advantage of a traffi c jam at Ijako axis of the road to attack his convoy at about 8.00pm on Wednesday night on his way back to Abeokuta. He said, “We were caught in the web of a traffi c jam at Ijako axis of Abeokuta-Ifo road when the hoodlums came and attacked my convoy.
Th ey destroyed and vandalised our vehicles.” Th e Comptroller, who showed journalists the damaged vehicles, which include a security pilot Toyota Hilux with registration number A 39 CS and his offi cial car, which number plate he said was taken away by the bandits. Also taken away were the uniform of one of his aides, David Ojo.
“We refused to be provoked. We did not fi re gun to avoid calamity, particularly because of innocent motorists and passersby. “We had to call for reinforcement before we could leave the scene,” he said. Th e Controller said the incident will not discourage the Customs command in the state from pursuing smugglers, adding that such attacks show that the agency was working and doing well.

 

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