Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service shoot man to death in Lagos

Trigger-happy operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service  ( NCS ) on Wednesday morning killed a man at Oko-Oba, Lagos.

The operatives were said to have opened fire after they sighted a bus suspected to be carrying smuggled rice.

It was gathered that a young man, alleged to be a smuggler was shot on the head.

According to witnesses, the Customs officers riddled vehicles around the seen with bullets as they fled

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“There would have been serious riot this morning at Abule Egba but for the intervention of policemen from the Rapid Response Squad ( RRS ).

 “Those Customs people have started again this year. They shot a young man on the head this morning. They were just shooting like drunkards. Blood is everywhere,” said a source.