Smugglers attack Customs, kidnap officer

Customs officer, Rasheed Abdulsalam, attached to the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Lagos, has been kidnapped during a fierce battle with smugglers.

Some of his colleagues also sustained varying degrees of injury in the encounter, which occurred at midnight on Saturday around Gateway Hotel, Ota, Ogun State.

The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Joseph Attah, confirmed the incident to New Telegraph.

Attah, however, said plans were on to rescue the abducted officer, even as he described Sango Ota axis of Ogun State as a den of smugglers.

New Telegraph, April 18, 2018

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now