Some officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have been accused of killing a 25-year-old father of two during a clash with smugglers in Ogun State.
The 25-year-old, a resident of Ajilete, in the Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, had fixed December for the relocation of his family to his newly-completed building in the community.
Two months before the date, he was felled by stray bullets fired by some Customs officials at a checkpoint in the community.
PUNCH learnt that the officials had on Sunday, October 22, stationed their van at the checkpoint to prevent smugglers, who were hiding in a bush, from gaining entry into the town.
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The smugglers reportedly hauled stones and other objects at the officials to chase them away from the area.
The leader of the customs team was said to have been hit by a stone, prompting the officials to respond with gunfire.
An account of the incident indicated that the victim, Paul Ayomaya was on a motorcycle, returning from a filling station in the area, when the bullets hit him in the head.
It was gathered that after the incident, Customs operatives deserted their checkpoint from Ajilete to Oke Odan, for fear of attacks by enraged residents.
In another version, the father of two children was said to have gone to clean a church in the community and was returning home around 9am when he was shot.
But a resident, who identified himself simply as Akanbi, said that Ayomaya had rushed to the scene on hearing that the smugglers were throwing stones at the officials.
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He said, “Some smugglers went to pick a car at Olu Odo. They saw the customs officials at the checkpoint and started throwing stones at them. A stone hit their boss. Paul (Ayomaya) heard about the incident and decided to go to watch.
“The customs started shooting and stray bullets hit him in the head. He died on the spot. He had told his wife that they would move to his new house in December, not knowing that he was going to die. He was a kind person.”
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