Officers and Men of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’, on legitimate patrol duties to the Dankama Area of Katsina State were violently attacked by people suspected to be snugglers, a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of Federal Operations Unit, Zone B Kaduna, CS Isah Sulaiman, has said.
According to the statement, the hoodlums launched the brutal attack on the officers with dangerous weapons, thereby inflicting several injuries on Inspector of Customs (IC) Haruna A.
The wounded Officer was immediately rushed to the hospital for proper medical attention and is responding to treatment.
The statement noted that it is pertinent to state that the Nigeria Customs Service is an agency that is saddled with the responsibility of enforcing government fiscal policies for collective societal good.
It added that the Unit’s Officers would not fold their arms and allow smugglers who have no regard for the laws of the land to perpetrate their nefarious activities to the detriment of Nigeria’s security and economic well-being.
It stressed that Comptroller FOU ‘B’, Musa Ibrahim Jalo, is very concerned about the injuries inflicted on his officer and directed a full-scale investigation to fish out the perpetrators of this barbaric act.
He stated that any further attacks on any Officer of the Unit would not be tolerated and would be treated with utmost resistance from our Operatives.
He further added that such violent attacks will never deter the operatives of the Unit from carrying out their legitimate duties, no matter whose ox is gored.
The controller appealed to traditional rulers, parents and community leaders to warn their subjects to desist from attacking security operatives, as anyone caught shall face the consequences of his action.