There was pandemonium in Abule Egba area of Lagos, today following the killing of a rice smuggler by suspected Customs officers.

Our Correspondent gathered that the customs officers had chased the rice smuggler to Abule Egba in the early hours of today before shooting him dead and ran away.

According to Our Correspondent, the body of the deceased was seen lying on the ground, while bags of rice that were smuggled were seen inside the danfo bus, with registration number Lagos/RKY/1953506.

Irate youths burnt tyres and blocked the express road in protest over the killing and the refusal of the police in the area that the dead body should not be evacuated from the scene further fuelled the crisis.

It took the intervention of Officials of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, led by its Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu to quell the riot restore normalcy to the area.

Also on ground were the Fire Service and the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corp, LSNSC.