The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded justice for the two-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet fired by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ilaro area of Yewa, Ogun State
The minor was hit by a bullet when the customs agents engaged a suspected smuggler at Itawaya, near the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
The spokesman of the NCS, Ogun 1 Area Command, Ahmed Oloyede, confirmed the incident, describing it as devastating, sad and sympathetic.
Reacting to the incident in a message made available on monday, NANS considered the conducts of the NCS officers as “unprofessional and barbaric,” while seeking an enquiry into the cause of the indiscriminate shooting.
According to the statement signed by the NANS Chairman in Ogun, Damilola Simeon, it was requested that all officers found culpable in the incident should be held accountable before the law.
The student leader maintained that, “no Nigerian deserves to die an untimely and ugly death in the manner the life of the poor innocent child was cut short.
Simeon expressed concern that the NCS in Ogun was yet to issue any responsible and compassionate statement about the incident.
“Conclusively, we are demanding a responsive, accountable and detailed statement from the Nigerian Customs Service, Ogun Command, on the ugly incident and the name of all officers in the operations be publicised in the statement. He said”
