Seven Customs officers die in road mishap

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Thursday evening lost seven of its officers attached to PTML, TinCan and Seme Border Commands, to a fatal auto crash that occurred at Sagamu in Ogun State, while they were on their way to NCS Headquarters in Abuja.

It was reported that the officers were allegedly summoned by the Assistant Comptroller General, ACG, in charge of Enforcement and Drugs Unit for an emergency meeting.

DailyPost gathered that the signal asking the officers to rush down to Abuja for a parade scheduled for 6:30 a.m on Friday, was sent around 4pm on Thursday, February 21 and that in order to meet up with the parade, the late officers chartered a bus to convey them to Abuja that same Thursday night.

It was learnt that at Sagamu, the bus rammed into a stationary truck, killing all the occupants. At the moment, colleagues of the deceased officers are accusing the NCS authorities in Abuja for being responsible for the untimely death.

Some officers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed that the lives of their colleagues were just wasted because ordinarily, the meeting would have still held successfully even without their late colleagues.

According to them, an officer in the Examination Department at TinCan Ports, sometime last month, released a container which was registered as toys but was later discovered to be contraband wine.

The officers said if the headquarters wanted to fish out the officer involved in the scam, all they needed to do was to check for details on the computer.

According to them, “they did not need to invite or summon all of us to Abuja over such an issue.”

Reacting to the incident and the allegations, Mr Steve Okoma, a Superintendent of Customs and Public Relations Officer of PTML Command, said the headquarters had the right to summon any officer when ever necessary.

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