Ogun hoodlums snatch soldier’s gun, hold Customs officers hostage
Hoodlums and smugglers on Friday held some men of the Nigeria Customs Service hostage and snatch a gun from a female soldier in Lafenwa, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday night when the customs men intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled bags of rice.
A source said on Sunday that the crisis started when the smugglers mobilized some hoodlums, led by a notorious cultist in the area, popularly called Abacha.
He said, “Customs intercepted a truck with smuggled rice. They took the ruck to their office. But some officers were still in the area and the hoodlums held them hostage.
“The DPO, Lafenwa waded in but the hoodlums insisted that they would only free the Customs men after the truck was released to them.
“In the process, NCS men called for reinforcement of soldiers and they clashed with the hoodlums.
“The hoodlums snatched a gun from a soldier and ran away with it’.
It was further gathered that the loss of the gun provoked other soldiers, who blocked the roads.