Sallah tragedy: Protest rocks Iseyin in Oyo state as Customs kill 5 persons


No fewer than five people were reportedly shot dead in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government, Area of Oyo state Thursday during an alleged sporadic shooting by men of Nigerian Customs Services.


Eye witness account said the NCS men on intercepting suspected smuggled goods coming through the boarders resulted shooting sporadically during which stray bullets from their gunshots hit the five victims.


According to the witness, most of those killed by the bullets at Ojaba area were said to be those out on Eid El Fitri celebration into their friends and relations.


Already sources said tension was still mounting in the town as family and friends of the victims have started protesting.


The Aseyin of Iseyin land, Oba  Abdulganiyy Adekunle Salau, in his reaction asked officers of Nigeria Customs Services to keep 40kilometers away from the border of the town.


Speaking through his media aide, Semiu Azzez, the Aseyin lamented the killing of the 5 youths by men of the Nigeria Customs Service in Iseyin.

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