Samuel Awoyinfa, AbeokutaThe operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday shot a pregnant woman identified as Bukola Olugunna, at Iyana Iyesi, in the Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Olugunna, who was eight-months pregnant, was allegedly shot by the NCS operatives attached to the Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, around 7.45am while on her way to work. The shooting occurred less than 24 hours after Customs operatives allegedly killed one person and injured three others at Abule Egba, Lagos, while in pursuit of a vehicle believed to be conveying smuggled bags of rice. The source noted that the Customs officials who shot the pregnant woman were later arrested by policemen attached to the Onipanu Divisional headquarters, Ota, and were taken to the Sango Police Station. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Customs Area Command, Abdullahi Maiwada, confirmed the incident.

Source: Punch January 19, 2018 00:22 UTC