Customs officials on routine check stumbled on a pistol with its magazine inside a Toyota Camry car at the exit point.
Afenifere said only a tyrannical government would ignore rampaging bandits, kidnappers, and herders to focus on grazing routes.
The governor tasked citizens to emulate the bandits and buy guns to protect themselves
Customs officials killed eight persons via reckless driving in Katsina earlier in the week.
Customs officers on their way to have a meal have killed five persons in Katsina.
Each bag contained 35 litres of diesel concealed in 200 sacks.
The chiefs appealed for calm and asked the aggrieved residents to deposit the corpses at Fadoks hospital.
The customs linked the attack to frustrated armed smugglers, adding that it would investigate the circumstances that led to the attack and its motive.
Majority of IDPs rely on agriculture as means of livelihood but cannot access their farmlands due to insurgents’ attacks.
