Monarch alleges sabotage by Command, writes IGP, over man “killed” by Customs men

A monarch in Ogun State has written the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu, to seek justice for kehinde Ogunji, a farmer who was allegedly shot dead by men of the Nigerian Customs Service Ogun State Area 1.

In the petition, that was dated 10th May 2020, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi the Eselu of Iseluland Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State disclosed that the said farmer, Ogunji was allegedly killed by Customs men while going home from a joint farming with his twin brother at Agbon village

According to the Eselu of Iseluland, Kehinde Ogunji was on that fateful day, killed by stray bullets fired by Customs officers chasing rice smugglers in the community.

The petition reads: “On Sunday, 3rd May, 2020, some Officers of Ogun Area Command 1 of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) who were on the trail of some rice smugglers at Agbon Community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State killed my subject – Kehinde Ogunji through a stray bullet.

“The deceased, Kehinde Ogunji was an innocent person because he was just a farmer, not a rice smuggler as accused by the men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).

“On that fateful day, Kehinde Ogunji, a husband of two wives and a father of five children was returning home from his farm along with his twin brother.

“Apart from the fact that the deceased’s family and my humble self want justice and adequate care for the wives and children of the deceased, we also requested the Customs Officers to withdraw the statement in the media, where they claimed that the deceased was a rice smuggler. Amazingly, up till now, they have not withdrawn the malicious statement made against an innocent Kehinde Ogunji”.

“There is currently an insinuation in the public that the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force is possibly conniving with officers of their sister agency to sweep the matter under the carpet and to also enable the affected Customs officers escape justice.”

Oba Akinyemi urged the Inspector General of Police to use his office and ensure the Custom Officer who perpetrated this dastardly act of gruesome murder of Kehinde Ogunji is brought to justice