[PHOTO] How Army Convoy Crushed Customs Customs Officer To Death In Lagos

A convoy of the Nigerian Army has crushed to death an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Baba Nwaguyawo, while he was attempting to stop the convoy at the Agbara end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Friday, August 11.

According to PUNCH, the convoy was used as a diversion to smuggle some cars into the country.

It was learnt that operatives of the NCS at the Agbara checkpoint had attempted stopping the convoy for a routine search when a Nigerian Army van piloting the fleet killed Nwaguyawo.

The deceased, with service number 53225, was until his death an anti-smuggling operative of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos.

It was learnt that the four vehicles, suspected to be smuggled under the guise of Army convoy, were two units of Mercedez Benz Sports Utility Vehicle ML 350, one Toyota Venza, and a Mercedez Saloon car.

A source said, “The incident happened on Friday. Actually, three joint units of customs, including the NCS, Seme, Customs Intelligence Unit and Federal Operations Unit, were set to intercept the vehicles which were being piloted by a team of military men, led by Captain A.M. Murnai with Force No. 45EB/15FER with Army operation vehicle no. NA2021B05.

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“Each of the smuggled cars had two soldiers in uniforms inside, as an act of subterfuge and deception, with Captain Murnai inside the piloting van.

“At the point of stop-and-search, the military men resisted and forced their way through, knocking down the deceased in order to pave way for the smuggled vehicles to escape. Two of the smuggled vehicles crushed the customs officer simultaneously.”

The victim’s remains have been deposited in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Ikeja.

It was also gathered that some of the culprits, who were arrested together with their official vehicle, were detained.

They were later moved to the Ibereko Barracks, Badagry, on the instruction of the Commanding Officer, Ibereko Barracks, for further interrogation.

The Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah, confirmed the incident.

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