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Pandemonium in Abeokuta as Customs kill NURTW chief, injure four others

There was pandemonium in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Wednesday as operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) allegedly shot dead a commercial driver while pursuing suspected smugglers.
The Customs men were said to have killed Saubana Onila, a father of four, at Sowo village, along the Kobape-Siun-Sagamu Expressway when he was conveying bags of rice to some customers in Sagamu.
Miffed by the brutal killing, scores of protesters stormed the state headquarters of the NCS along Quarry Road in Abeokuta, threatening to dump the remains of the late transporter within the premises.
But the Public Relations Officer of Ogun Area Command, Usman Abubakar, denied that the Customs killed anybody in the operation.
Abubakar,  however, stated that investigation into the incident was ongoing.
Our correspondent learnt that Saubana, who was formerly the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Grammar School Unit, Abeokuta, had conveyed some bags of rice from the popular Kuto Park in the state capital.
Some Customs operatives on routine patrol, however, way laid him and allegedly opened fire at his vehicle.

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