There was tension in Garki Local Government Area of Jigawa State as a personnel of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) killed his senior colleague at a checkpoint.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the personnel shot his colleague on Friday.
According to reports, the vehicle conveying the late personnel allegedly refused to stop at the customs checkpoint while returning from the Niger Republic.
One of the personnel at the checkpoint became suspicious and opened fire at the moving vehicle unknown to them that the man in the vehicle was a colleague, SC Muhammad Sayyadi, serving at the Lagos State Command.
The deceased was also the son of one of the five first-class emirs in Jigawa, the Emir of Ringim, HRH Dr Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmud.
The incident was confirmed by the spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service Kano/Jigawa Area Command, SC Nura Saidu.
He said, “Our hearts go out to all those affected by this tragic event, and we extend our deepest empathy to the family and friends of the victim.”
Saidu said the command is investigating to determine the causes of the incident.
The spokesman added that other victims were admitted at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, and are responding to treatment.
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In another news, five persons lost their lives after a car plunged into Omi River in Yagba West, Local Government Area of Kogi State.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday around 4:30PM.
It was further learnt that the deceased victims were coming from a burial ceremony in Oga, a small community and heading back to Lokoja before the ugly incident occurred.
Several lives have been reportedly lost on the same spot due to the government’s neglect and failure to construct a rail guard by the bridge.
Yagba West Local Government Chairman, Hon. Pius Kolawole confirmed the incident on Saturday.
Kolawole, who explained that the accident was caused by overspeeding, said the bodies have been deposited in the morgue.
Explaining how the incident happened, Kolawole said
“There is a big dam. So, in that dam, they now created a canal that was meant for irrigation. If you are coming from that area, especially when you are going to Lokoja, it is very short for us to pass through.
“The road is very narrow and beside the canal. So, the victims were coming from Oda and they decided to pass through the canal road. On that road, there is a sharp corner. From what we gathered, the driver was speeding, he lost control and plunged into the river. All the five persons in the vehicle lost their lives”.