The
Nigeria Customs Service has said that four members of the patrol team involved
in the killing of their civilian ‘friend’, Godwin Onoja, have been detained.
It
also stated that a panel set up to investigate the killing could not conclude
its investigation because the officer, who accidentally shot Onoja, Destiny
Onebamho, was receiving medical attention after he was attacked by motorists
following the killing.
Onoja
was shot by a member of the five-man Customs patrol team while they were trying
to allegedly extort N5,000 bribe from a group of travellers coming from Europe
at the Sagamu end of the Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway.
It
was gathered that the victim was shot during an altercation between the
officers of the Federal Operations Unit of the NCS, Ikeja, Lagos, and the
travellers, who boarded an Iyare Motors’ passenger bus travelling to Benin City
from Lagos.
A
statement from the NCS Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, on Tuesday, said
Onebamho would be questioned by the panel once fit to enable it conclude its
investigation and recommend appropriate actions to be taken against the
operatives.
According
to the statement, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.)
has directed a thorough investigation into the immediate and remote causes of
the incident with a view to ensuring that justice is served.
-
Punch
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