YEWA– A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly and Chairman Committee on Environment, Hon. Wahab Haruna Egungbohun has task the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on security, while expressing concern over the sad incident that left an innocent soul dead in Yewa from a stray bullet from men of the Nigeria Customs Service.
The Lawmaker, representing Ketu Constituency (II) in Yewa North Local Government appealed to the state government to investigate the killing and ensure that the indicted officers should be brought to justice.
Egungbohun while charging the security personnel and NCS men said, it is not part of their duty to pursue smugglers to the town and start shooting saying that innocent souls are most times killed while shooting in the name of chasing smugglers.
The lawmaker hinted that the Nigeria Customs Service is acting beyond adding that there duties is not to be killing or injure innocent citizens.
Hon. Wahab frowned at the unprofessional act of NCS saying that they are only mandated by the law to arrest and arraign smugglers in their pursuit to protect national integrity.
He therefore reiterated that the Federal and State Government to as a matter of urgency take a look at the way men of Nigeria Customs discharging their duty, saying that it’s becoming unbearable for people again as community can no longer continue to be loosing innocent souls in the hands of customs every day
Recall that the Men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and smugglers in Ogun State yesterday clashed at Oja Odan in Yewa North area of Ogun State, leaving one innocent man to dead as a result of stray bullet by the custom officer.
The deceased, Idowu Moses was said to be the chairman of Nigerian Association of Panel Beaters, Oja Odan Branch was seated inside his shop before stray bullet by a custom Officer hit him. He was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Center (FMC), Abeokuta the state capital where he later died. His remains later returned to Ilaro general hospital morgue.
Members of the National Association of Automobile Technician (NATA), Oja Odan who were at the State hospital Ilaro mortuary to pick up the remaining body of Moses Atanda were sad at the incident.
Information has it that the Nigeria Customs Service led operation had pursue some smugglers into the community, shooting sporadically and Moses was allegedly shoot in his shop.
