The Executive Chairman of Badagry West Local Council Development Area, Hon. Gbenu Joseph has described the shooting of three people in the area by a Customs Officer as a barbaric and condemnable act.
He, therefore, call on relevant agencies to bring the said officer to book.
The three victims were identified as Afeez Sanumi, Yinusa Olatunji and Michael Amore
The Chairman made this disclosure in a statement issued to Tribune Online on Thursday.
“I appeal for calm among the residents of the area, against the shooting of three indigenes. I condemn the shooting of three people by the customs and appealed to the authority to punish the officer who committed the act.
“I would make sure that necessary action was taken to bring the officer who committed the crime to book appeal to allow peace to reign. You all should support the government in restriction of movement of contrabands through the land border.
The Chairman recalled that the youths recently protested against the nefarious activities of customs officers in the area.
“They complained that the customs are entering into their communities, even kitchens to seize rice, their businesswomen, farmers and residents have consistently faced harassment by officers etc but it was all resolved.
“However, it was very painful that just after yesterday, a customs officer named Imokhe A.S shoot at two students of Kankon Secondary School and one other with no genuine reasons”.
Meanwhile, he noted that a brief intervention security meeting on the matter was held at the palace of Alapa of Egun Awori Kingdom, nothing that the Customs Comptroller and other security agencies were in attendance.