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Restructuring: Okowa, Wike hit critics of southern governors

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Restructuring: Okowa, Wike hit critics of southern governors

DELTA State governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, disagreed with critics of southern governors, stressing that the call for restructuring was not a new thing.

Southern governors of Nigeria at Asaba/ Credit: Twitter
Southern governors of Nigeria at Asaba/ Credit: Twitter

Emphasising that southern governors were only echoing the voice of their people, Okowa maintained on his Twitter handle that it was the right thing to do as leaders of a people who had continuously and audibly made their demands known.

The Southern Governors’ Forum recently held a meeting in Asaba, Delta State, where they called for restructuring of the country and banned open grazing by Fulani herdsmen.

The resolutions did not sit well with some politicians, but Okowa said their resolutions were meant to bring peace to the region and the country.

“We reaffirmed that as a people, as elected governors, we believe in the unity of our country, but we also went forward to advance the need for certain things to be done in order to give strength to that unity,” Okowa said.

READ ALSO: Restructuring: Only the blind would say things are working well in Nigeria – Reps member, Ogun

On the matter of restructuring, which the governor recognised was what everybody in the country wanted but might differ in their approach, he spoke of the need to “sit and dialogue, in order to decide what is good for Nigeria.”

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan had criticised southern governors for advocating the restructuring of the country, saying it was inappropriate for elected officials to lead such agitation.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila had also faulted the call, challenging the governors to replicate restructuring in their states.

There have also been criticisms, especially from politicians from the northern part of Nigeria.

Responding to the critics, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, in a more brazen fashion, said he had “taken further steps to fulfill what the southern governors said in Asaba.”

“We have taken a position and there is no going back. Enough is enough; we are not second class citizens in this country. We also own this country and must partake in this country,” he noted.

Southern governors’ resolution on open grazing is belated -Nwoko

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Southern governors’ resolution on open grazing is belated -Nwoko

GLOBAL affairs analyst Chuks Nwoko says southern governors’ resolution in Asaba, which addressed the issue of open grazing, is belated.

Sitting as a panelist on Channels TV’s Sunrise  Daily on Friday, Nwoko said there was a leadership gap in the government, citing the case of 36 state governors who agreed on the unsustainability of open grazing system, yet refusing to take action against it.

The meeting, according to Nwoko, was laudable and a bold step in the right direction, yet it was late.

Nwoko believed that major elements such as negotiation and compromise were lacking among the governors.

Open grazing has been marked as one of the chief issues breeding discontent in Nigeria, with farmer-herder crises and insecurity being major offshoots.

READ ALSO: As climate change hits Nigeria, small scale women farmers count losses

Nwoko explained that governors needed to make efficient use of their security votes.

He said in some states, citing examples of Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers and Delta, the chief causes of insecurity were elite politicians and herdsmen.

On pragmatic solutions, Nwoko faulted the way current politicians made use of divisive speech, thereby inciting violence ‘even when there was no war.’  He urged Nigerian leaders at all levels to be careful of their words at a time like this.

Why Ethiopia postponed national elections again

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Why Ethiopia postponed national elections again

THE National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEPE) has again postponed the planned June 5 parliamentary elections in Africa’s second most populated country. The ICIR explains reasons responsible for the indefinite postponement.

Chair of NEBE Birutkan Mideksa announced the postponement of the election in a statement on Saturday following a meeting with political party representatives.

Mideksa said logistical problems that could not be addressed were responsible for the postponement, noting that there had been delays in the delivery of ballot papers across the country.

While Mideksa did not announce a new date for the election, she noted that the electoral body would take into consideration ‘the onset of the rainy season,’ among other things.

Although the NEBE consequently said the postponement would be for two to three weeks, it did not fix a definite date for the elections.

Before now, there had been worries, most from international organisations, concerning the viability of the election and its freedom and fairness.

The United States Department spokesperson Ned Price had urged the Ethiopian government to ensure the respect of assembly of persons, freedom of speech, political participation, among others, if the election must hold as scheduled.

These worries emanated from the rising violence in the Tigray region of the country.

According to the United States, there was an increasing number of confirmed cases of military blocking access to humanitarians aids to the Tigray region.

The US said there were also reports of human rights atrocities committed by military personnel of the Eritrea government and Amhara regional forces in the region.

The precarious state of security in the country is largely responsible for the postponement as there are claims of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the northern region of the country.

As it stands, if elections were to hold in Ethiopia, the Tigray region would not take part, according to the NEBE. The electoral body had announced that 36.245 per cent of the Ethiopian population had registered for the parliamentary elections.

The parliamentary elections are the decider for the head of the Ethiopian government.

How initial postponement led to killings, displacement in Ethiopia

In August 2020, the Ethiopian government led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed postponed the parliamentary elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but his decision did not sit well with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which was ruling the northern region at the time.

Following their resistance, some part of the Tigray region went ahead to hold a parliamentary election, thereby fueling the crisis with the central government led by Ahmed.

Since November, the central government and the TPFL have been at loggerheads, leading to violence and the killing of many civilians.

Amnesty International had said ‘scores or likely hundreds’ of civilians unconnected to the military offensive between the central government and the Tigray region were hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the South-West Zone of Ethiopia’s Tigray region on the night of November 9, 2020.

The United Nations has also said thousands of people have been displaced by the violence as more than five million of the six million population of the Tigray region are now in need of emergency care.

Ahmed, who received a Nobel prize for peace in 2019, now sees the country thrown in yet another serious ethnic crisis.

The TPLF had ruled Ethiopia for almost 25 years before the emergence of Ahmed, who is from the Oromia region as the fourth prime minister of Ethiopia.

Why we demolished building housing Al Jazeera, other media houses in Gaza – Israel

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Why we demolished building housing Al Jazeera, other media houses in Gaza – Israel

THE Israeli government has said it carried out an airstrike on a building housing Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other media outfits on Saturday in Gaza because the facility contained military assets belonging to intelligence offices of the Hamas terror organisation.

Israel, which has been battling the terror group after it fired hundreds of rockets into Tel Aviv on Monday, said the militant groups were hiding behind the building and were also using it as human shields.

“The building contained civilian media offices, which the Hamas terror organisation hides behind and uses as human shields,” the Israeli Airforce said in a statement issued on its official Facebook page on Saturday.

The ICIR had reported on Saturday how the building was demolished nearly an hour after the military ordered people to evacuate the building.

The United States has called on Israel to protect and respect international media houses and their staff even as it exercises its right to self-defence and protection of its citizens.

Al Jazeera has condemned the demolition and destruction of its offices. It accused Israel of trying to stop journalists from conducting their sacred duty to inform the world and report events on the ground.

It has also vowed to pursue every available route to hold the Israeli government responsible for its actions.

In a similar vein, the AP said it was shocked and horrified that the building housing its offices would be targeted for demolition by the Israeli military. It noted that Israel had long known the location of “our bureau and knew journalists were there.”

AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt, in a statement, called on the Israeli government to put forward the evidence that Hamas was using the building for military operations.

READ ALSO: Thousands march across the world in solidarity with Palestinians amid Isreal’s bombardment

The tensions began in east Jerusalem earlier this month, with Palestinian protests against the Sheikh Jarrah evictions and Israeli Police measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque, a frequent flashpoint located on the mount in the Old City revered by Muslims and Jews.

Hamas fired about 1,300 rockets toward Jerusalem late Monday in an apparent attempt to present itself as the champion of the protesters.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Hamas would “pay a very heavy price” for its rocket attacks as Israel has massed troops at the frontier. The United States President Joe Biden has expressed support for Israel while saying he hopes to bring the violence under control.

According to Israel, Hamas has fired some 2,000 rockets toward its cities since Monday. Anti-missile defences have intercepted most, but they have brought life to a standstill in southern Israeli cities, caused disruptions at airports, and have set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

It accused Hamas of deliberately placing military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the Gaza Strip.

In Gaza, at least 139 people have been killed, including 39 children and 22 women. On the other hand,  in Israel, eight people have died, including a man killed by a rocket that hit Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv In Gaza, on Saturday.

The escalation has spread across the region, with Jewish-Arab clashes and rioting in mixed cities of Israel. There were also widespread Palestinian protests Friday in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces shot and killed 11 people.

A family of six were reportedly killed in their house by an Israeli airstrike, sending thousands fleeing to UN refugee camps on Friday.

The military said the operation involved 160 warplanes dropping some 80 tons of explosives over the course of 40 minutes, destroying a vast tunnel network used by Hamas.

The Israeli military Spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said the military aimed to minimise collateral damage in striking military targets, stressing that measures  taken in other strikes, such as warning shots to get civilians to leave, were not ‘feasible this time.’

The military also claimed that the civilian casualties were many in Gaza due to rockets misfired by the militant groups.

The United Nations has continued to call for a cease-fire between the warring parties.

US Diplomat Hady Amr arrived Friday as part of Washington’s efforts to de-escalate the conflict, and the UN Security Council is set to meet Sunday.

Thousands march across the world in solidarity with Palestinians amid Isreal’s bombardment

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Thousands march across the world in solidarity with Palestinians amid Isreal’s bombardment

AS Isreali forces continued their airstrikes on Gaza on Saturday, thousands of people around the world held solidarity protests showing support for Palestine.

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday brought down an 11-storeyed building in the Gaza Strip that housed media offices and residential apartments after an hour’s notice, with the country saying it had gathered intelligence that the building contained military assets belonging to Hamas.

At least 139 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, including 39 children and hundreds rendered homeless, after a spiral of violence that erupted from the attempted eviction of Arabs from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. Isreal has recorded eight casualties since the conflict began.

Thousands of people marched through central London, Australia and France on Saturday to express solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. Some of the placards held bore messages such as ‘Gaza – End the Siege,’ ‘Freedom for Palestine,’ ‘#HandsOffAlAqsa,’ ‘Stop Bombing Gaza’ and ‘Free Palestine: Exist! Resist! Return!’

A spokesperson for the protesters in London said it was vital that the UK government took immediate action and stop allowing Israel’s brutal violence against the Palestinian people to go unpunished.

“The bombardment of Gaza, which is killing civilians including children, is a war crime. It is occurring in the context of the illegal forced displacement of families in Jerusalem and attacks on Palestinian citizens of Israel by far-right groups, including illegal settlers from the West Bank,” the spokesperson said.

The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict dates back to 1948 when the state of Isreal was established. Claims to the city of Jerusalem have always been at the centre of the crisis, as the city hosts historic holy sites revered by Jews and Muslims.

However, the recent escalation allegedly started after Isreali Police restricted Palestinians from gathering on steps outside the Old City – an unofficial tradition after evening prayers during Ramadan- led to tension and communal violence that have spiraled into a near full-scale war between both countries.

High-level diplomatic meetings are on-going with a view to deescalating the conflict, and the UN Security Council is expected to meet Sunday. Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations to hold a meeting tomorrow.

The gathering is to discuss Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territory, particularly its use of force against protesters at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Ministers of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation will attend this meeting virtually.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and called for peace in the region.

In a statement, Macron condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas and said Israel had the right to defend itself, but he also expressed concern about the plight of the civilian population in Gaza.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday urged Israel and Palestine to see reason and de-escalate the hostilities and guarantee the rights of all citizens to live in peace and dignity.

Similarly, Germany says it remained “strongly committed to de-escalating the situation in the Middle East and ending the ongoing violence.”

 

 

JAMB postpones 2021 UTME to June 19

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JAMB postpones 2021 UTME to June 19

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been moved from June 3 to June 19. 

Head of Media and Protocol Frank Benjamin confirmed this in a phone conversation with The ICIR, stating that the announcement was made in a communique issued in Abuja on Saturday.

Registration for the examinations was also extended by two weeks, and has now been scheduled to end on May 29

The board had announced on Friday that the date for the 2021 UTME could be shifted as over 600,000 candidates were yet to register for the examination.

Registrar of the board Is-haq Oloyede had said that candidates were experiencing difficulty with registration due to National Identification Number (NIN) challenges.

Oloyede stated that while a large number of candidates had registered without problems, there was still the need to give everyone equal opportunity to sit for the examinations.

He apologised for the initiatives introduced in the 2021 UTME, and described them as measures put in place to expose candidates who would attempt to indulge in examination malpractices.

The registrar noted that candidates were expected to attach to their examination slip, a photograph of themselves, and  photographs of owners of the NIN used for registration. He urged the candidates to pay attention to the details to avoid disparity in the registration process.

Nigerians are asking me to vie for president -Yahaya Bello

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Nigerians are asking me to vie for president -Yahaya Bello

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State says Nigerians are asking him to contest for president in the 2023 election.

Bello spoke in response to a question thrown at him by the anchor of Channels TV’s Politics Today programme on Friday regarding the direction of his personal political ambition.

“Nigerians, the youth and women, including very objective elite, are asking me to run for president in 2023.My answer will be in affirmative in a few time from now ,” he said.

He highlighted the need to have a crop of leaders with capacity, who could get the job done and unify the country.

“I think they are seeing something in me, that they are asking me to come and unite and fix this country.”

Earlier in the interview, the governor had lauded his achievements, pointing out how much Kogi State had improved, especially in the area of security.

On restructuring, the 45-year-old politician gave his personal definition of restructuring, saying, “Let’s restructure and allow the younger generation take over the leadership of this country.”

Nigerians on the social media, particularly Twitter, have reacted to Governor Bello’s presidential ambition, with some questioning his performance in Kogi State and others supporting him.

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Shehu Sani tweeted through his handle @ShehuSani, “Bello, Save yourself from this Ship.”

Another Twitter user Smith Gbenga Lawson via @Smithocracy said, “I am from Kogi State, Channels should please ask Yahaya Bello to point out to reasonable things he has done in Kogi State.”

However,  Kamal Mohammed, @Jauro_Kamal, was happy to have Bello as president in 2023.

“Yahaya Bello has done extremely well in Kogi State, far more than all previous governors combined together. He will be president not because of any sycophancy, but for his deliberately thought-out positive policies, to reunite this nation, provide security and development.”

Bello and Covid-19

Bello is well-known for spreading misleading information about Covid-19.  The governor, in a widely circulating video seen by The ICIR, discouraged supporters present in the gathering from taking vaccines.

The governor,  who did not provide any evidence to back up the claim made against COVID-19 vaccine, said: “They want to use the (COVID-19) vaccines to introduce the disease that will kill you and us. God forbid!”

He questioned why COVID-19 vaccines were being produced in less than one year.  “There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer and for several diseases that are killing us… We should draw our minds back to what happened in Kano during the polio vaccines that crippled and killed our children. We have learned our lessons.”

“If they say they are taking the vaccines in the public, allow them take their vaccines. Do not say I said you should not take it, but if you want to take it, open your eyes before you take the vaccines,” he said.

Also, Bello, in a Channel’s TV programme last December, questioned the need for Nigeria to procure COVID-19 vaccines.

He also said that no one in Kogi State had tested positive to COVID-19 and that the virus did not exist in the state.

In May 2019,  State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Onu Edoka had accused Bello of owing workers eight to 39 months’ salaries.

Israeli airstrike demolishes building housing Al Jazeera, other media outlets in Gaza

Vincent Ufuoma
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Israeli airstrike demolishes building housing Al Jazeera, other media outlets in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a high-rise building housing the offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press and other media outlets as the country continues to battle with Hamas militant group in Gaza.

The strike came nearly an hour after the military ordered people to evacuate the building. The strike brought the entire 12-story building down, collapsing with a gigantic cloud of dust.

It also came hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp in the city killed at least 10 Palestinians from an extended family, mostly children, in the deadliest single strike of the current conflict.

Al-Jazeera, the news network funded by Qatar’s government, broadcast the airstrikes live as the building collapsed.

The tensions began in east Jerusalem earlier this month, with Palestinian protests against the Sheikh Jarrah evictions and Israeli police measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque, a frequent flashpoint located on the mount in the Old City revered by Muslims and Jews.

Hamas fired about 1,300 rockets toward Jerusalem late Monday, in an apparent attempt to present itself as the champion of the protesters.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Hamas would “pay a very heavy price” for its rocket attacks as Israel has massed troops at the frontier. The United States President Joe Biden has expressed support for Israel while saying he hopes to bring the violence under control.

According to Israel, Hamas has fired some 2,000 rockets toward its cities since Monday. Most have been intercepted by anti-missile defenses, but they have brought life to a standstill in southern Israeli cities, caused disruptions at airports, and have set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

READ ALSO: Why we demolished building housing Al Jazeera, other media houses in Gaza – Israel

In Gaza, at least 139 people have been killed, including 39 children and 22 women. On the other hand,  in Israel, eight people have died, including a man killed by a rocket that hit Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv In Gaza, on Saturday.

The escalation has spread across the region, with Jewish-Arab clashes and rioting in mixed cities of Israel. There were also widespread Palestinian protests Friday in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces shot and killed 11 people.

A family of six were reportedly killed in their house by an Israeli airstrike and sent thousands fleeing to UN refugee camps on Friday.

The military said the operation involved 160 warplanes dropping some 80 tons of explosives over the course of 40 minutes and succeeded in destroying a vast tunnel network used by Hamas.

The Israeli military Spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said the military aimed to minimise collateral damage in striking military targets, stressing that measures  taken in other strikes, such as warning shots to get civilians to leave, were not ‘feasible this time.’

The military also claimed that the civilian casualties were many in Gaza due to rockets misfired by the militant groups.

The United Nations has continued to call for a cease-fire between the warring parties.

US Diplomat Hady Amr arrived Friday as part of Washington’s efforts to de-escalate the conflict, and the UN Security Council is set to meet Sunday.

Alleged $65m fraud: Kumo no more Buhari’s son-in-law -Presidency

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Alleged $65m fraud: Kumo no more Buhari’s son-in-law -Presidency

THE Presidency says  former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Gimba Kumo declared wanted for $65 million fraud by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) is no more an in-law to President Muhamadu Buhari.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu said in a statement on Saturday that Kumo at some point in time was linked to Buhari’s family member in marriage, but the “relationship ended some years ago.”

Shehu noted that the ICPC’s notice affirmed the unfettered freedom by Buhari’s administration to carry out its statutory responsibility without interference.

“That a state institution can issue such is a measure of the administration’s commitment to accountability, equality, and justice.”

He added that the president’s position at all times was that the law would be allowed to take its course, noting that President Buhari would not provide any cover for crime, no matter who was involved.

The ICPC, in a statement by its Spokesperson Azuka Ogugua, had earlier listed Kumo and two others, Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola, now at large, as parties to the fraud.

READ ALSO: PROFILE: Meet former Buhari’s son-in-law wanted for alleged fraud

“The persons whose pictures appear above, Mr Tarry Rufus, Mr Gimba Yau Kumo and Mr. Bola Ogunsola, are hereby declared WANTED by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with issues bordering on misappropriation of National Housing Funds and diversion of the sum of Sixty Five Million dollars ($65,000,000),” the statement had read.

The agency urged members of the public to avail it of credible information that would lead to their arrest.

“Anyone who has useful information on their whereabouts should report to ICPC Headquarters Abuja, any of the ICPC State Offices or the nearest police station, or call ICPC toll-free lines: 0803-123-0280, 0803-123-0281, 0803-123-0282, 0705-699-0190, 0705-699-0191 and 0800-CALL-ICPC (0800-2255-4272) or send an email to info@icpc.gov.ng.”

The Buhari’s presidency has been dotted with allegations of corruption directly with people close to him or his ministers.

Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Tukur Buratai  was accused of purchasing Dubai property with government funds.

Buhari’s late Chief of Staff Abba Kyari was accused of being involved in N500 million MTN bribery scandal.

About $43 million was found in a Lagos flat said to be owed by Folashade Oke, wife of former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ayodele Oke. In 2019, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it could not find the ex-NIA boss and his wife.

The Niger Delta Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under the direct supervision of the Minister of Niger Delta headed by Godwill Akpabio has been embroiled in allegations of corruption, leading to a series of probes by both houses of the National Assembly and one by the Presidency.

The embattled and suspended Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director Hadiza Bala Usman is currently being probed for an alleged non-remittance of N165.32 billion operating surplus to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

So far, nothing has come out of the probes. President Muhammadu Buhari promised to fight corruption when he came on board in 2015, but Transparency International thinks he is not doing so.

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In 2020, Nigeria slumped to 149 (out of 180) on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), scoring 25 points out of 100.

The ranking placed Nigeria as West Africa’s most corrupt country after Guinea-Bissau.

In 2019, Nigeria was ranked 146th, with a total score of 26 (out of 100).  In 2018 and 2017, the country maintained a CPI score of 27, ranking 144 and 148 respectively.

Nigeria ranked 136 out of 176 with a score of 27 in 2014, one year before Buhari was elected.

Police silent as controversy rages over killing of five persons by Customs officers

Lukman ABOLADE
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Police silent as controversy rages over killing of five persons by Customs officers

THE Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Police  has refused to comment on the alleged killing of five persons by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday in the state.

Five civilians were allegedly shot by the Customs officers while they were chasing a vehicle suspected to have smuggled bags of rice.

According to The PUNCH, some residents of Iseyin had revealed that five persons were shot by the Customs officers while chasing a smuggler in the community.

The residents said the five persons killed by the Customs officers were Eid-il-Fitr celebrants.

However, the NCS has said that only three persons were shot and they were killed by the officers in self-defence.

A statement issued by Theophilus Duniya on behalf of Acting Controller of Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Usman Yahya read that the persons who were shot were ‘hoodlums’ hired by ‘daredevil smugglers’ to attack Customs officers.

The statement said that one of the injured officers was abducted by the hoodlums with his rifle, and his colleagues in the process of rescuing him fired at the hoodlums and killed three of them.

“The assailants had taken the injured officer with his rifle before his team members who acted in self defence, shot at his suspected abductors leading to the death of three of them before he was rescued and taken for immediate medical attention,” the statement read.

It remains unclear how many persons died and the true circumstances that led to their death. Police Public Relations Officer for the Oyo State Command Adewale Osifeso refused to answer calls and text messages sent to him by the reporter.

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