Four killed in shootout between Customs officials and suspected smugglers
The exchange of gunshots by the customs officials and suspected smugglers threw the rustic town of Iseyin into panic.
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Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo State, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during which four persons were reportedly killed and property destroyed.
The exchange of gunshots by the customs officials and suspected smugglers threw the rustic town of Iseyin into panic with residents, who were celebrating the Eid-el-Fitr, fleeing to safety.
Muftau Abilawon, the former caretaker chairman of Iseyin Local Government Council, confirmed the bloody incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Thursday night.