The Nigeria Customs Service says its patrol team from the Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos state was attacked by smugglers.
A statement signed by the Federal Operiaonal Unit Public Relations Officer, Theophilus Duniya, disclosed that the attack which occurred yesterday during an operation along Shagamu Interchange in Ogun State had two of its officers wounded.
The statement revealed that the patrol team had intercepted 12 vehicles of different kinds, laden with bags of foreign parboiled rice and got mobilised by armed smugglers on their way to the government warehouse.
It noted that during the exchange of gunfire, two of the attackers lost their lives and one suspect was arrested, adding that the arrested suspect and the seizure have been brought to the Unit Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos State.