It is no longer news that the last Friday, the Federal Operating Unit (FOU A) of the Nigeria Customs Service, was thrown into morning when a convoy of smuggled cars allegedly led by a Captain of Nigerian Army
The Nigeria Customs Service said it is collaborating with the Nigerian Army to investigate the death an officer, Baba Nwaguyawo, who was attempting to stop the convoy at the Agbara end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
Speaking exclusively to Shipping Position Daily, the national Public Relation Officer, (PRO) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Joseph Attah, said that investigations into the matter are on-going.
“We lost our officer in that unfortunate incidence. Investigations are on-going; the authorities of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Army are on top of the matter. There is a thorough investigation into the matter”, he concluded.
It will be recalled that recently, operatives of the NCS at the Agbara checkpoint attempted stopping a convoy of a smuggled car for a routine search when a Nigerian Army van piloting the fleet killed the officer. Late Nwaguwayo, was until his death an anti-smuggling operative of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos.
It was learnt that the four vehicles, suspected to be smuggled under the guise of Army convoy, were: two units of Mercedes Benz Sports Utility Vehicle ML 350, one Toyota Venza, and a Mercedes Saloon car.
A source gave an insight into how it happened. According to him, “the incident happened on Friday. Actually, three joint units of customs, including the NCS, Seme, Customs Intelligence Unit and Federal Operations Unit, were set to intercept the vehicles which were being piloted by a team of military men, led by a Captain of the Nigerian Army. Each of the smuggled cars had two soldiers in uniforms inside, as an act of deception. At the point of stop-and-search, the military men resisted and forced their way through, knocking down the deceased in order to pave way for the smuggled vehicles to escape. Two of the smuggled vehicles crushed the customs officer simultaneously”, he concluded.
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