Some
people suspected to be hoodlums have attacked men of the Nigerian
Customs Service’ s roving team along Alapa area in Asa local government
area of Kwara State...
During the incident according to THISDAY investigations, four Golf cars loaded with rice were taken away by the hoodlums.
The
hoodlums according to our checks, were said to have escaped into thin
air after they had carried out the dastardly act on Tuesday with the aid
of a serving policeman allegedly attached to Alapa police station
The
intercepted NCS’s team was led by a Chief Superintendent of Customs,
Maciver A.L. Other members of the team are Basheer, O.I, ASCII Iloba,
M.I ASCII Ayinla J, CAI Mangai, and CAI Odo P
According
to the leader of the team, the incident happened when they went on
information patrol on Ilorin – Alapa road when they received
information that smugglers have hidden two golf vehicles laden with
imported rice inside the bush.
He
added that “on sighting the patrol vans , the drivers of the vehicle
containing the smuggled rice, bolted with the keys of the vehicles”
Maciver
said due to the state of the vehicles that were laden with the
contraband, himself and his men decided to evacuate the rice into the
two customs vehicles on patrol
The
customs boss alleged that after taking off from the scene of the
interception and on their way to their office with the bags of rice,
four golf vehicles loaded with people suspected to be thugs pursued
their patrol vehicles with the assistance of a police corporal and
forcefully off loaded all the bags of rice after partially destroying
the customs patrol vehicle.
According
to him, the ongoing construction work along Geri Alimi Roundabout in
Ilorin slowed down his men from moving fast and the police corporal and
the thugs caught up with them and forcefully offloaded the rice back to
the golf vehicles .
Micever said due to the presence
of innocent citizens around where his men were attacked, they could not
open fire on the thugs to guard against shooting of innocent people.
He said that investigation had begun on the issue, assuring that the culprits would be apprehended and made to face the music.
When
contacted, the spokesman of the state police command , DSP Ajayi
Okasanmi said the NCS had not officially briefed the command about the
development.
He
however, confirmed that the state commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado
had directed the Divisional Police Officer in Alapa to investigate the
matter and report back to the headquarters about the involvement of
the corporal in question.
Okasanmi
said that if the corporal was found to be involved in the allegation ,
he would be dealt with officially and brought to book accordingly.
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