VIRAL VIDEO: Nigeria Customs Takes Action Against Officer Assaulting SA To Delta Gov.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has withdrawn from patrol duty it’s officers caught on camera physically assaulting Mr. Samson Nwachukwu, an SA to Delta State Governor.
All Facts Newspaper had reported that Mr. Nwachukwu was assaulted on Saturday, May 7 along the Benin-Agbor expressway.
Reacting to the viral video, the NCS in a statement signed by it’s National Public Relations Officer, DC Timi Bomodi, for comptroller-General of Customs, said the officers seen in the video are under administrative investigation at the NCS Zonal Headquarters Zone ‘C’ Port Harcourt.
The statement titled; “VIRAL VIDEO ON ASSAULT: CUSTOMS VOWS TO SANCTION UNRULY OFFICER” read;
The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a video making the rounds on social media. In it, one of our officers was recorded assaulting an unarmed civilian. This action took place on the Benin – Agbor expressway on Saturday the 7th of May 2022 at about 5.00 pm.
This officer and other members of that team from FOU Zone ‘C’ have since been withdrawn from patrol duties and are currently under administrative investigation at the NCS Zonal Headquarters Zone ‘C’ Port Harcourt.
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been trained to carry out their duties with dignity and respect, and are expected to display decorum in all their conduct at all times. Where they fail to carry out their brief as assigned, appropriate sanctions are applied to enforce discipline. The NCS would like to reassure the general public of its commitment to the welfare and safety of all citizens and frowns seriously at any act by its personnel capable of misrepresenting its corporate image.
We ask that all law-abiding persons go about their activities without fear of intimidation or harassment as we work assiduously to bring closure to this unwholesome incident.
Meanwhile, the Behind Bars Human Rights Organization which Nwachukwu belongs to, started a #justice4samsonnwachukwu campaign on social media yesterday while staging a physical protest.
