The
operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service reportedly shot and injured a
pregnant woman identified as Bukola Olugunna, at Iyana Iyesi, in Ado Odo/Ota
Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Olugunna,
who is carrying an eight-month pregnancy, was allegedly shot by the NCS
Operatives attached to the Federal Operation Unit, Ikeja, around 7.45am while
on her way to the office.
She is a
member of the staff of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company.
This
incident was happening less than 24 hours after Customs operatives allegedly
killed one person and injured three others on Wednesday at Abule Egba, in Lagos
while in pursuit of the vehicle believed to be conveying smuggled bags of rice.
An
eyewitness said the woman was hit by stray bullets on her back and the left
side of her body.
He explained
that the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, he, however, said
he could not ascertain whether the woman survived the gunshot wounds or not.
The source,
further, hinted that the customs officials who shot the pregnant woman were
later arrested by policemen attached to Onipanu Divisional headquarters, Ota,
and were later taken to Sango police station.
When
contacted, the spokesman of Customs FOU, Ikeja, Jerry Attah, said he was yet to
confirm the incident.
The Public
Relations Officer, Ogun State Customs Area Command, Abdullahi Maiwada,
confirmed the incident but said the woman was only ‘brushed by stray bullets’
and not hit.
He said
Customs operatives were on the trail of a suspected smuggled vehicle and not
rice as claimed, then they were mobbed by some ‘unpatriotic members of the
public.’
“The
officers were on a trail of a suspected smuggled vehicle and in the process,
they were mobbed by some unpatriotic members of the public,” he said.
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