‘We Gave Seven Bags Of Rice To Bandits To Save Our Lives’ – Senior Customs Officer Reveals

 

In a report by Channels TV, a senior official of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Aliyu Mohammed revealed how they persuaded some bandits to spare their lives.

The senior officer is the Coordinator of the Sector 4 Command of the Joint Border Patrol Team in the North West, and in order to spare their lives, they gave armed bandits they met in the bush 7 bags of rice.

He made this known at a recent press briefing in Katsina State stating that his men had gone to the forest in Dutsinma Local Government Area of the state to stop the activities of smugglers when they encountered the bandits who were taking shelter in the bush.

He said;

We (the operatives) seized 37 bags of rice and the bandits asked for seven bags before allowing them to pass and save their lives.

So, you see the risk we take but people, especially those living along the border communities engaged in attacking our officers.