Nigeria Customs Service reacts to viral video of officer slapping governor’s aide

The Nigeria Customs Service has reacted to a viral video of one of
its officers assaulting an aide to the Delta state governor, Ifeanyi
Okowa.

In the clip that sparked outrage online, Samson Nwachukwu, a Special
Assistant to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, was slapped and
attacked by an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service in presence of his
colleague and a military officer.

The officer can be heard angrily asking who Mr. Samson Nwachukwu is
after he had told him he is a Special Assistant to Delta State Governor
before slapping him. The video ended with the military officer telling
the customs officer to “get this man down.” ICYMI.

The agency’s spokesperson, DC Timi Bomodi, in a statement disclosed
that the officer in the viral video 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FOU Zone ‘C’ have since been withdrawn from patrol duties and are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.” The statement read.