According to him, the officers were on routine patrol when they intercepted two Nissan Pathfinder SUV vehicles fully loaded with smuggled foreign parboiled rice at Iseyin. Following the incident, a group, Iseyin Elders Council (IEC), called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the arrest and prosecution of the officers and men who killed “innocent bystanders” while chasing rice smugglers. Its decision was sequel to a motion by Senator Buhari Abdulfatai, who said the Customs manifested long-held abuse of processes in its handling of the Iseyin crossfire. Customs operatives shoot indiscriminately in border towns and consistently violate the order that they should not go beyond 40km radius to the border. We join the Senate in calling for the prosecution of the perpetrators of the Iseyin killings.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 03, 2021 01:52 UTC