Customs officers kill Police Inspector’s wife during raid

Detectives from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Badagry, Lagos State have arrested seven Customs officers over the killing of the wife of a Police Inspector, Mrs Patience Oni, and injuring an innocent man at Forte Oil Filling Station near the popular Badagry Roundabout.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Badagry Police Station, Mr Samson Akhiromen, said in Badagry that the Customs officers were arrested for indiscriminate shooting and killing of innocent people.
According to the DPO, the Customs officers, under the code name Anti-flying, were raiding an illegal rice depot near a filling station around noon on Tuesday, when they started shooting.
“They started shooting indiscriminately to scare away traders and residents from the area.
“During the shooting, the bullets from one of the officers hit two people, one died immediately, while the other one is receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
“The husband of the woman killed is a Police Inspector serving in Area K Police Station, Morogbo,” he said.
The DPO said that he arrested the officers with his team of officers when the situation was getting out of hand.
He, however, said the arrested officers had been handed over to the SCIID Panti for further investigation and prosecution.