ABUJA – The House of Representatives has called for an urgent investigation into the recent killing of five indigenes of Iseyin in Oyo State by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Shina Peller (APC-Oyo) on the floor of the House on Tuesday in Abuja.
Moving the motion of urgent public importance, Peller expressed displeasure over the killing of five of his constituents.
According to him, on May 13, NCS men were in pursuit of a sport utility vehicle conveying bags of rice when they started shooting sporadically into the air.
He added that in the process, five people from his constituency were killed, adding that it was a sad day as the people were celebrating the Eid-el-Fitri in Oja- Oba area of the ancient town.
A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has declared the killing of some residents of Iseyin in Oyo State by some Customs officers as unacceptable.
Alao, who contested gubernatorial election on the platform of AD in 2019, described the killing of the innocent citizens outside the borders and seizure of some truckloads of rice at Bodija and Oja Oba markets in Ibadan as arbitrary, appalling and nauseating.
DAILY POST recalls that no fewer than four people were killed during a clash between smugglers and some customs officers in Iseyin recently.
Our correspondent also learnt that some truckloads of rice were seized at Bodija and Oja Oba markets in Ibadan recently by Customs during night raids of the markets.