NANS needs justice for two-year-old girl eliminated by custom-mades in Ogun

The National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS )has actually required justice for the two-year-old girl killed by a roaming bullet fired by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ilaro location of Yewa, Ogun State.

DAILY POST reported previously that the minor was hit by a bullet when the customs representatives engaged a presumed smuggler at Itawaya, near the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

The representative of the NCS, Ogun 1 Area Command, Ahmed Oloyede, validated the occurrence, explaining it as ravaging, sad and considerate.

Reacting to the incident in a message provided to our correspondent on Monday, NANS considered the conducts of the NCS officers as “less than professional and barbaric,” while seeking an enquiry into the cause of the indiscriminate shooting.

According to the declaration signed by the NANS Chairman in Ogun, Damilola Simeon, it was asked for that all officers discovered culpable in the occurrence ought to be held accountable prior to the law.

The trainee leader preserved that, “no Nigerian deserves to die a unsightly and untimely death in the manner the life of the bad innocent child was interrupted.”

Simeon revealed issue that the NCS in Ogun was yet to provide any responsible and thoughtful declaration about the incident.

“It is rather unfortunate that over 3 days after the unfortunate incident, the state command of the customizeds service has actually not provided any compassionate and responsible declaration to that result. This has raised our suspicion that the command may be performing this lethal act deliberately on innocent homeowners of the axis to lose consciousness their anger against smugglers on individuals.

“It is on record that on many occasions, lots of Nigerians have been innocently killed in the course of operation of the customizeds officers because zone of the state. And it is relevant that all tiers of government from the federal down to the city governments in the Western zone of Ogun State take decisive actions jointly on finding a permanent solution to stop the killing of innocent people in that zone by males of the Nigeria Customs Service.

“Conclusively, we are demanding a responsive, accountable and comprehensive declaration from the Nigerian Customs Service, Ogun Command, on the unsightly incident and the name of all officers in the operations be publicised in the declaration.

“This declaration should concisely state the action of the command up until now on the matter. Failure to do this within fourteen (14) days shall leave us with no option but to oppose enormously against the command,” he said.