The Ogun State Command Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service, Sani Madugu escaped death by whiskers recently when his convoy was attacked by a group of smugglers along Abeokuta/Lagos expressway.
The Comptroller, who narrated the incident to journalists on Thursday 12th October, 2017 at the Idiroko Customs headquarters, said: “We were caught in the web of a traffic jam at Ijako axis of Abeokuta-Ifo road when the hoodlums came and attacked my convoy. They destroyed and vandalised our vehicles.”
“We refused to be provoked. We do not fire gun to avoid calamity, particularly, because of innocent motorists and passersby. We had to call for reinforcement before we could leave the scene.”
“The attacks would not discourage us. We shall not be intimidated. Attacking us shows that we are working and we are mounting pressure on them. We are always one step ahead of smugglers. The police has already commenced investigation on the incident.”
Before now, the men of the NCS were alleged to have killed a suspected smuggler during a shootout, a development which might not be unconnected to the attack on the State Command Comptroller on Wednesday night.
– Wale Adewunmi, Ogun State Correspondent