The Okere of Saki, Oba Khalid Olabisi has reportedly declared a curfew in Saki after at least one customs officer and one indigene lost their lives in a free-for-all clash.
The fight, OYOINSIGHT COM gathered, started when Customs officers allegedly chased a Saki indigene, alleged to be a smuggler, into the town.
Multiple sources who spoke with this newspaper, anonymously, revealed that the smuggler was ‘killed’ in the process.
This, they explained, made some individuals in the town to attack the customs office, killing one of their officers and burning a customs vehicle in the process.
Following the attack on the Customs office, the fight became more violent.
At the time of writing this report, details were still sketchy as people have deserted major markets following the announcement of a total curfew by the king to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
Confirming the incident, the police public relations officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the Customs officer was a member of the JTF and not in the Customs patrol team as alleged.
Fadeyi, who said he had yet to have the details of the story, added, “The Area Commander of Saki had already positioned men in strategic locations in a bid to forestall further disturbance in the community.”
He added that it was during reprisal that some aggrieved persons in the town attacked the Customs office, killing one of their men.
