Eid El Fitr’s Killings: “Iseyin Elders Council” Charges Buhari to Arrest, Prosecute Perpetrators
Eid El Fitr’s Killings: “Iseyin Elders Council” Charges Buhari to Arrest, Prosecute Perpetrators.
Iseyin Elders Council, IEC , has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order arrest and immediate prosecution of officers and men of Nigeria Customs Service who killed innocent passersby in Iseyin on Sallah day while allegedly chasing rice smugglers.
The IEC, through its Vice-chairman and former Commissioner for Works and Transport in Oyo State, Alhaji Bolaji Kareem said the council identified the directive of Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba AbdulGaniyu Adekunle Ologunebi Ajinese 1 , that federal government should restrict activities of men of Customs Service to designated border posts while Justice should be done and families of the slain innocent people should be adequately compensated.
“Iseyin Elders Council wants a probe panel to be instituted while indicted custom officers should be charged with murder.
“We are tired of killings of innocent harmless, defenceless citizens of Iseyinland and Oke Ogun by blood thirsting, criminals in uniform”, IEC lamented.
“We wondered why is only in this part of the country that men of Custom and Excise abandoned their duty posts to chase shadow and recklessly massacre our law abiding innocent people.
Iseyin Elders Council, IEC, also called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to champion the course of defenceless citizens of Iseyin and Oke Ogun in general being killed in cold blood by men of Customs and Excise, kidnappers, bandits and herdsmen.
The body, Iseyin Elders Council commiserated with families of the slain, Aseyin of Iseyinland and people of the town for the avoidable massacre hoping that the murderers will be made to face justice. It also prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain citizens.
