(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nigeria-customs-service.jpg)(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nigeria-customs-service-300x168.jpg) (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nigeria-customs-service.jpg)The Ogun state command of the Nigeria Customs Service has warned officers and men against indiscipline and abuse of fire arms, saying that any officer found wanting would be made to face the full weight of the law. The Area Commander of the state, Mr. Ade Dosunmu read the riot act while addressing family members of a 45 year old woman who was allegedly killed by an officer of the command at Ilase border community of the state He however said that the officer involved has been handed over to the police for further investigation and would be made to face the music if found guilty The meeting was at the instance of the area commander after a 45 year old mother of five, Fausat Bankole, was allegedly shot dead by one of the officers. The incident was said to have caused a breakdown of law and order by irate family members at the Idi Iroko border post The area commander appealed to the family of the deceased not to take laws into their hands .while a family member asked for assistance for the upkeep of the children left behind by the deceased. However, the Customs PRO, DSC Chike Ngige, said the officer had been identified and was under detention, while the command was addressing the situation. "The controller has constituted an orderly room trial panel to interrogate the officer to ascertain his level of culpability. If he is found culpable, he will be dismissed. He will subsequently be handed over to the police for prosecution," he said.
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