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A customs Officer has reportedly shot dead a villager at Seme, border area of Lagos and injured two others. The deceased identified as Friday Poku was driving into Nigeria in a red Volkswagen Jetta car with registration number GGE 81 AH alongwith three of his friends when the incident occurred.
The incident came barely three months after asimilar one which claimed the life of a middle-aged man occurred. The shooting sparked offinstant protest as angry youths in their hundreds set burn fire with used tyres in the middle of the road preventing other road users from getting access to the border. Most of the customs officers posted to Seme border took to their heels for fear of being attacked by the angry youths.
An eye witness told Crime Alert that the deceased who was in a Jetta was flagged down by some customs men who were operating illegal check point at Gbetrome areaof the border. Though, the witness could not say what transpired between the deceased and the customs men, he said they were shocked when the officer pulled out his service pistol and fired the victim twice at close range.
Fleeing Customs men
The victim who had earlier alighted from the vehicle slumped and died on the spot while his friends attempted to apprehend the fleeing customs men, sustained bullet wounds as the security men fired at them.
“Nobody knew what transpired between the victims and the customs men. All we saw was that the officer pulled out his pistol and fired twice at the deceased. The team fled the area when they saw the victim slump down in a pool of his blood. They ran away in different directions leaving the victims by the side of the road. As the number of the angry youths increased, they allegedly headed towards the customs barrack, not too far from the border post.
“The angry youths barricaded the major road chanting war songs. It took the prompt intervention of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Seme Division, Chief Superintendent of police (CSP) Mu’Azu to bring normalcy back to the area. The body of the deceased was takenaway by the irate youths who demanded that the Comptroller of Customs hand over the killer officer to them for peace to reign in the area stating that they were ready to put an end to the unprovoked attack on villagers by customs men who would always claim that their victims were smugglers. The angry youths shattered the glasses of the police patrol van while the DPO tried to pacify the crowd on the need for dialogue, “ the witnessnarrated.
The Chairman of the Youths at J5 park, Seme opposite where the incident occurred and who identified himself as Dosu said they werenot ready to sweep the killing under the carpet. He alleged that the killing of villagers was becoming one too many on the part of the customs who fire directly at villagers and later claim that the victims were shot at because they are smugglers to cover their tracks.
“Enough is enough of this wanton killings. Wewant the Comptroller to hand over the killer tothe police to investigate the matter. Why is it that the officers involved in the incident have not gone to make statement at the station since the matter is homicide. Why is it that thevehicle belonging to the deceased was taken away by customs and not the police. This is toafford them the opportunity to conceal vital evidence that might unravel the situation that led to the death,” he added.
Police sources at the Command headquarters, Ikeja stated that Friday Poku was shot and killed by some customs men at Gbetrome areaof Seme. It was also stated in the report that the deceased was driving a red coloured Volkswagen Jetta car with registration number GGE 81 AH.
The Custom’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, Seme Command, Deputy Superintendent of Custom, Ernest Ollotah however, said the Comptroller has set up a panel to investigate the matter. Though, he said he was not awareof any killing, he however, stated that the command was investigating a case of an attempt to disarm some customs officers by some smugglers who fled the area after they were repelled by security men. This claim is at variant with the police report. “I am not aware of any killing but we are investigating an attempt to disarm some of our men by smugglers. However, we will make the out come of the investigations known to the public, “he stated.
- See more at: http:// www.vanguardngr. com/2013/08/ pandemonium-at-s eme-border/ #sthash.Q4q6k4wd .dpuf

idnoble135: I expect people to quote me but i seriously dont care! And this is my personal opinion.
Its not a surprise that many eyebrows are being raised over this. I think it would be abnormal if he(Pastor Adeboye) did not expect
this kind of reaction.
The rant on social and mass media can go on but i have the feeling that it would not stop the building.
He did not compel people to give. If he wants to expand the church, how is it your business? If you would not give, that would not stop anything being done.
I am not a redeemed member. But my concern is why everything about any church attracts this kind of attention. Knowing that the church fund is comprised of what is given by members. The figure spent by a political party for the last convention is way bigger than this and no one batted an eyelid. I think without the church, some media corporations and blog would die down.
So, every one can shout and rant as much as they want to, everyone would keep quiet when they are tired. Its a matter of next year before the church would be dedicated.
Finally, i know if most of you were alive, you would have equally blasted Solomon for spending a great deal of gold, silver, precious stones, cedar etc building a temple that took a whooping seven years to build because of its complex architectural design. You would have organized protest calling it a waste. Maybe you would have insulted him on facebook, twitter, nairaland, you name it... But God was pleased with Solomon and appeared to him right after the dedication. And there were still poor people in the land. Even Jesus said, "The poor you will always
have with you, but you will
not always have me". Mathew 26:11. Letting us know that helping the poor is important but not as kingdom and its expansion.
If this is not of God, be rest assured that it would fail. But, if this be of God, one million devils and one million Boko haram can not stop it. Acts 5:38-39.
I rest my case.

true talk, i like this, the millions spent on this political parties are tax payers money yet they cant do anything about it.

[quote author=Sagytarius°]Why use satellite to collect date when Calenders full for market?
Even my nokia touch knows the time and date even without mtn network.
Make I hear word o jare.
Satelite ko. Dish ni.

PS. I nor read that long article sha. So nor crucify me. [/quote]guy its Data not date, try to read a thread before commenting hun

adavetee: I'm sure this picture has been taken as far back as many years ago, say more than 15 years ago. Going by his profile makes me realize that he has always been a rich man even from his youth days. This picture speaks volume of what he's made of. Check out that shirt on him,the wrist watch,his skin. All these shows that he was never poor & he looks well fed.

his mother was a hard working woman, may her soul rest in peace, some of u dont even know your leaders, u just comment any how when u see's a post about someone, y r u guys insulting him if i may ask

Some of u guys just open ur mouth to spit out rubbish, sorry for u guys. If u r given d opportunity wont u go into politics?

I just voted for him

You will win it bro, more grease to your elbow, love his songs

Nigeria supposed to win this match na[color=#990000][/color]

My acer travel mate 2310 is not starting up succesfully even when i tried to start up windows normally it will still go off, i will attach the pics for you to see, i have tried almost everything.

The man is still with AIT, i just saw him on air now, who circulated this news in the first place?

Fourcade: Topping is very slow now .Seems 127 is no longer in charge, na 7078 dey run the show now... I still dey 20mb sha

yeah dey have change d ting so dat we cannot do d cheat again, but i know hackers will soon bring sometin up

[color=#990000][/color] due to d cheat, Glo has refused to give mb again, even though my #5 is deducted everyday, guys pls come up with some thing new from glo or oda networks

davidoisamoje: Is this thing working @all am on always micro and yet nothing is multiply have sent d code like 200x from 12pm yesterday still now no single text from them pls some 1 should come out to clear d air on this. If u support this like it

it is not going o, i have been trying it for long now

it depends on the location of the branch, like first bank branch that is located along Iju road fagba bus stop is always crowded, so stop condeming gt bank because of dat incidence. Ecobank too usually give atm immediately u applied nt only first bank bt ur name will not appear on it

i love this movie, im still on season 4

Why the mass failure in this year's JAMB? How did the questions leaked to the public? Prof. Dibu Ojerinde should answer those questions for us. It is not our duty to protect the questions, it is his duty and his workers. If he is saying that we cheated in the examination, his staff are also included in the malpractice cus they are the ones that collected money from people and gave them the questions, this man should come out and explain to us why there is mass failure or is he trying to say there was mass cheating in the examination? This is my third time of writing JAMB n this is the worst of all of them.

There are too many pastors on facebook this days, Its so annoying

Mine is nt going again, I did it since morning, maybe dey have blocked it

the site is not going, i dont know y

i just got mine, thank God for Nairaland peeps

they are saying that d tariff u have selected is same as ur current one, wat can i do?