Some youths said to be smugglers have reportedly killed an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State.
DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Saturday at Owode, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun, causing crisis in the town.
They were said to have shot at the officer while fixing one of the two vehicles conveying the seized smuggled rice, which broke down, following a mechanical fault.
The spokesman of Customs zonal Federal Operational Unit, Theophilus Duniya, has confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday.
Duniya explained that the smugglers, who were armed with dangerous weapons and charms, mobilized themselves in large numbers and attacked the officer and killed him.
He added that the lifeless body of the officer had been deposited in a morgue.
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