{"id":83825,"date":"2021-07-18T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83825"},"modified":"2021-07-18T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T09:09:02","slug":"customs-officers-not-unknown-gunmen-killed-our-people-in-igangan-oyo-govt-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/customs-officers-not-unknown-gunmen-killed-our-people-in-igangan-oyo-govt-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs officers, not unknown gunmen killed our people in Igangan \u2013 Oyo govt confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1705610471063262181\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Oyo State Government has said men of the Nigeria Customs Service raided Igangan and other parts of Ibarapa areas of the state on Friday night, and not unknown gunmen as widely reported.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde made the clarifications in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>Adisa said that the revelation was made known by Ibarapa community leaders during a fact-finding meeting between a team of the state government and political\/traditional leaders of the affected communities on Saturday.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some gunmen had on Friday invaded Igangan in Ibarapa North local government and Ibarapa Central local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that the gunmen who dressed in Customs uniform stormed the town around\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/8.pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/8.pm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626683415888000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHO8QKzv3kpj6_NtQN-pX2fn64O-A\">8.pm<\/a>\u00a0and left after shooting sporadically.<\/p>\n<p>Three people were allegedly killed while the shooting lasted.<\/p>\n<p>But Adisa said, \u201cThe political and traditional leaders of Ibarapa extraction at the meeting, described the Friday raid on Igangan, Igbo-Ora and other communities in the area by men of the NCS as unnecessary and not well-thought-out.<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<br \/>\n\u201cThey called on the leadership of Customs Service to regulate operations of its personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be better if the authorities restrict them to border towns to end unwarranted attacks on innocent communities,\u201d Adisa said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s media aide said that Odukoya, who led the state government team to the meeting, had called for vigilance and calm among the people.<\/p>\n<p>He said that police in the areas had confirmed the death of one Amotekun operative and two other persons, following the said raid.<\/p>\n<p>The team accompanied by the traditional rulers and community leaders visited the scenes of the incident at Igangan, Ayete, Tapa, and Igbo-Ora.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders, included the Olu of Igbo-Ora, Oba Jimoh Titiloye and the Chairman of Ibarapa North Local Government, Mr Adeoye Adedoyin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oyo State Government has said men of the Nigeria Customs Service raided Igangan and other parts of Ibarapa areas of the state on Friday night, and not unknown gunmen&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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