Oyo State Government says men of the Nigeria Customs Service raided Igangan and other parts of Ibarapa areas of the state on Friday night, killing an operative of Amotekun, a security outfit in the South-west and two other persons.
It said the police in the areas had confirmed the death of the victims in the raid.
In a statement on Saturday in Ibadan, Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, said this was contrary to a widely circulated report that unknown gunmen had, again, attacked the areas.
Adisa said this was disclosed by Ibarapa Community leaders during a fact-finding meeting between a team of the state government led by Mr. Sunday Odukoya, Executive Assistant on Security Matters to the governor, and political/traditional leaders of the affected communities on Saturday.
“The 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 Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), as unnecessary and not well-thought-out.
“They called on the leadership of Customs Service to regulate operations of its personnel.
“It will be better if the authorities restrict them to border towns to end unwarranted attacks on innocent communities,” Adisa said.
He noted that Odukoya, who led the state government team to the meeting, had called for vigilance and calm among the people.
The team accompanied by the traditional rulers and community leaders including the Olu of Igbo-Ora, Oba Jimoh Titiloye and the Chairman of Ibarapa North Local Government, Mr. Adeoye Adedoyin, visited the scene of incident at Igangan, Ayete, Tapa, and Igbo-Ora.
