…As 8 Officers Escape Death In Ogun

At least eight officers of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) escaped death on Tuesday when they were allegedly attacked by suspected smugglers along the Lagos-Sagamu expressway.
The incident occurred while the Customs officers attempted to intercept a truck loaded with 700 cartoons of frozen poultry products.
The Customs officers reportedly flagged down the Onitsha-bound open-roof Caravan bus with registration number (EDO) USL 655 XA conveying the contraband at Mowe- Ibafo axis of the expressway but the driver would not stop.

At least eight officers of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) escaped death on Tuesday when they were allegedly attacked by suspected smugglers along the Lagos-Sagamu expressway.
The incident occurred while the Customs officers attempted to intercept a truck loaded with 700 cartoons of frozen poultry products.
The Customs officers reportedly flagged down the Onitsha-bound open-roof Caravan bus with registration number (EDO) USL 655 XA conveying the contraband at Mowe- Ibafo axis of the expressway but the driver would not stop.
Briefing journalists about the seizure yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun state , Coordinator of the Customs patrol Roving Team B, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Cletus Okon said the contraband was intercepted along the Lagos – Shagamu expressway after a fierce struggle with the driver of the caravan bus.
Okon, who said the Customs personnel were being careful in order not to record any casualty, also explained that the driver of the bus had attempted to ram the Customs patrol vehicle chasing him in an attempt to escape being caught.
He further stated that the driver of the bus as well as the motor boy eventually abandoned their vehicle and ran into the bush when they were eventually intercepted few meters to Shagamu toll-gate axis.
The poultry products, whose Duty Payable Value, DPV, was put at N3.36 million was, however, buried in the presence the relevant government agents yesterday afternoon in Abeokuta, Ogun State ca
pital.