CUSTOMS-KB: KEBBI STATE CUSTOMS MANHUNT KILLERS OF PERSONNEL…………….
By:Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban
The Kebbi State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, has launched a manhunt for the suspects for the killers of two of its persoonel while on Patrol along Dakingari to Koko road with the view to arrest and prosecute them.
On Thursday, at about 1:28 am, a team of Kebbi Area Command officers and men of the Nigeria Customs, while on a stop and search operation based on credible information along Bunza, Dakingari to Koko road, engaged with heavy gunfire by suspected bandits in an ash-coloured Toyota Corolla vehicle killing two personnel of the Command, Inspector Alhaji Kabiru Shehu, and Customs Assistant II Abdullahi Muhammad.
While praying for the repose of the deceased, the Customs Area Area Controller, Comptroller Ben Oramalugo, commiserates with the families on the tragic incident and prayed that God Almighty grants them the fortitude to bear the loss.
Comptroller Oramalugo, urged members of the public to volunteer information about the movement of suspected smugglers and other criminals in their areas and assured such informants of strict confidentiality.