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One dies, others injured as customs, smugglers clash in Ogun

December 22, 2020

By James Ogunnaike

Palpable fear has gripped residents of Ayetoro community, headquarters of Yewa North Local government area of Ogun State following clash with suspected smugglers and Special anti-smuggling task force which left one person dead and many others injured.

It was gathered that the ugly incident which occurred on Tuesday morning had left the residents of the town to flee the town following the house to house search for suspected smugglers by the combined team of the military personnel and the Customs men.

Vanguard reliably gathered that one person, identified as Sola Soga was killed by stray bullet allegedly fired by an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service in Kikelomo area of Ayetoro, in Yewa North local government area of Ogun State.

It was gathered that men of Nigeria Customs Service stormed the area following a tip-off of smuggling activities going on in some parts of the town.

back link building services=0></a></div><p>“The NCS invaded the area with lorry loads of its men, they had loaded all the rice stocked in a warehouse in the area. But as they were about to leave the town, the owner of the warehouse approached them for a possible settlement, but in order to forestall possible attack, an unknown custom man fired a shot to scare him away, which resulted in the death of Soga.</p><p>“The shooting elucidated a lot of resistance from the youths who barricaded all the roads leading to the town.</p><h2>READ ALSO: <span><a href=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/mentor-young-nigerians-emulate-abba-kyari-customs-cg-zulum-others-charge-family-friends/ >‘Mentor young Nigerians to emulate Abba Kyari’, Customs CG, Zulum, others charge family, friends</a></span><br/></h2><p>” It was then that the Customs men called for reinforcements from their men in other areas like Idiroko and stormed the town and started shooting sporadically into the air.</p><p>Also, a source also confirmed that the NCS personnel acted on tip-off that there were smuggled rice stocked in the area.</p><p>He said Soga was shot from a distance by a trigger-happy officer.</p><p>“The boy (Soga) was far from where the Customs officers were when one of them fired gun at him from long distance and the gun hit him in the chest. He died immediately.”</p><div class='code-block code-block-5' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <a href=https://www.adhang.com/guest-posting-services/ ><img class=lazy src=

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