Nigeria Customs Service Reacts To Video Of Officer Slapping Delta Governor’s Aide
Category: Nigeria News
The Nigeria Customs Service have reacted to the viral video of one of its
officers attacking and slapping Mr Samson Nwachukwu, an aide to the Delta
state governor.
The incident happened on Saturday, May 7 along the
Benin/Agbor Expressway.
His colleagues and a military officer were
present during the assault.
In the video, the officer was heard
angrily asking who Mr. Samson Nwachukwu is after he had told him he is a
Special Assistant to Delta State Governor.
He later slapped him.
The video ended with a military officer telling the customs
officer to “get this man down.”
A statement released by the
agency’s spokesperson, DC Timi Bomodi, says the officer in question and other
members of the team from FOU Zone ‘C’ have since been withdrawn from patrol
duties and are currently under administrative investigation.
”Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been trained to
carry out their duties with dignity and respect, and are expected to display
decorum in all their conduct at all times. Where they fail to carry out their
brief as assigned, appropriate sanctions are applied to enforce discipline.
The NCS would like to reassure the general public of its commitment to the
welfare and safety of all citizens and frowns seriously at any act by its
personnel capable of misrepresenting its corporate image.
We ask that all law-abiding persons go about their activities without fear of
intimidation or harassment as we work assiduously to bring closure to this
unwholesome incident.”the statement read
Watch the scene below;
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