Army Convoy Crush Custom Official To Death In Suspected Smuggling Act

An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Baba Nwaguyawo, has been crushed to death while attempting to stop a convoy of the Nigerian Army at the Agbara end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Friday. The convoy was reportedly used as a diversion to smuggle some cars into the country.The 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 was until his death an anti-smuggling operative of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos.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. Some of the culprits, who were arrested together with their official vehicle, were detained. They were later moved to the Ibereko Barracks, Badagry, for further interrogation.