Customs Officers Escape Death After Being Attacked By Smugglers (Photos)

Rampaging smugglers launched an attack on officers of the Ogun State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

The
officers, on routine anti-smuggling patrol, had intercepted some
smuggled bags of rice and were escorting the seized items when, at about
8:00am, today, Friday, March 8, 2019, they ran into an ambush of
reprisal at Papalanto by people suspected to be smugglers.

The
attackers, according to a press statement by the Command’s Public
Relations Officer (PRO), Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada, pelted the officers
with stones, bottles, cutlasses, sticks and other dangerous items.

The
distressed officers reportedly sought for reinforcement that saw
operatives of the Nigerian Army, Police and Customs men from both the
Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Ikeja, and Ogun Command coming to their
rescue. Before then, two of the officers had sustained severe injuries.