The recent catastrophy brought about by impermissible cum unprofessional activities of the Nigerian Customs Service in Iseyin as a major focus has been mindbogglingly and very preposterous.
It is no news that the security of the citizens is what defines a state and that government exists for the state and not the state for the government.
In recent times, without being economical with the truth, officers of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)’s raiding around different communities and towns in Oyo state has been projecting the image of the organization as that which is created basically to oppress, terrorise and raide the innocent persons all in the name of extorting money from them in the guise of discharging their constitutional duties as enshrined in the law.
It is disheartening that, these uniform men are terrorising and causing mayhem and unrest amidst the Oke Ogun and Oyo State as a whole, the level at which shooting and raiding of shops and carting away of goods by this so-called officers in Oyo State all in the name of putting an end to smuggling is so mindbogglingly and calamitous, needed to put an end to in order to avert another violence and crisis in the state.
It is very obvious that, Oyo state as a state and the people residing there have been battling with multifarious threats to peace by this same Uniform men that supposed to be maintaining peace and orderliness.
Today, the situation and event that unfolded in Iseyin town has clearly shown that no commuter is safe and that anything can happen to anybody at any material time, because the so-called officers have turned themselves to law and continually shooting and terrorising the commuters and those engaged in rice business.
A typical example of their negative impact and their unprofessional activities is what they did in Iseyin town by shooting and killing the commuters in search for contraband goods. It is so saddening as, i watched helplessly how these uniform men sporadically shot at fellow citizens.
The Oke Ogun elder statemen need to stand up against this inhumane act and put all measure and necessary plans in place to check the exceesses of this so-called officers who are terrorising the people because, if the people were push to wall, nothing would be done by then than for them to resolve to violence and this will put the entire region in a state of unrest, looking at what happened during the EndSars protest.
Action needs to be taken before things go out of hand. As this can come with re appraisal attack.