ABUJA: Five persons were injured yesterday in a shoot-out between officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and suspected smugglers in Oju-Ore area of Ota in the Ado-Odo/Ota LGA of the state.
It was gathered that the customs officers had been trailing the smugglers from Owode area in Yewa South before getting at them in Oju-Ore where the shooting took place. The gun duel which lasted for about 45 minutes left the five people injured and they were rushed to the General hospital in Ota.
Customs spokesman, Usman Abdullahi, said he was not aware of the development but a source said the operation was carried out by the Federal Operations Unit of the service.
