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Customs officers shoot four residents while chasing smuggler
There was confusion at Sycamore Junction, Ajara Topa area of Badagry, Lagos State, after some customs officers allegedly opened fire on some residents.
It was learnt that the officers, who were attached to the Federal Operations Unit, were chasing a smuggler who had fled into the community. Among the four people hit by stray bullets were a motorcycle rider, Alayoade Arewayo and one John Sonayo.
While Arewayo survived and was rushed to a private hospital in Badagry, Sonayo was said to have died in transit from the Badagry General Hospital to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. The other two, whose names could not be ascertained as of press time, were reportedly taken to a hospital in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
PUNCH Metro gathered that immediately the incident happened, the customs officers fled the scene. They were said to have got reinforcement from a military barracks in the area to forestall a mob attack.
Arewayo, who sustained a gunshot injury in the leg, said he was returning from a church programme around 7.30pm on Saturday when he was hit by a stray bullet.
September 29, Punch
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