...As Area Controller Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Kebbi State Governor
The Nigeria Customs Service, in
collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force and other sister security agencies,
launched a manhunt for criminals who attacked Customs officers while performing
their legitimate duties at the Yauri outstation in Kebbi state.
According to a press statement signed
by the command's Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs Mohammed
Salisu stated that the incident occurred on Thursday, 21 March 2024, when the
officers thwarted smuggling activities at Yauri Waterside.
The statement reads, "In the
late hours of Thursday, March 21, 2024, at about 23:10 hours, the combined team
of Yauri outstation and Surveillance were informed of suspected smuggling
activity at the Yauri waterside. Upon arriving at the scene, 41 bags of foreign
parboiled rice were seized, secured, and taken to the outstation.
"Afterward, a mob attack was
launched by the aggrieved smugglers by mobilising hoodlums to attack the
outpost."
Superintendent of Customs Mohammed
Salisu explained that swift intervention from Kebbi Command and other sister
agencies helped contain the situation.
He noted that the Officer in charge
sustained a hand injury, while "1 AK47 rifle was carted away but retrieved
shortly, and 29 out of 41 bags of the seized rice were taken away by the
attackers.
"The mob went further to
vandalise personnel vehicles, the outstation ACs, chairs, tables, windows,
doors, and other essentials put in place to support the operations of the
outstation.”
He further stated that the Kebbi
State Governor, Nasir Idris, has hosted the Customs Area Controller, Iheanacho
Ojike, to discuss the way forward, while also stating that the CAC has been in
touch with the state Commissioner of Police, leading to some arrests and
investigations launched to prosecute the criminals.
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