A Customs officer attached to the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, in Ikeja Lagos, was on Sunday shot dead by suspected daredevil smugglers in Ogun State.
The late officer simply identified as Yakubu Shuaibu has been buried according to Muslim rites.
The FOU spokesman, Jerry Attah who confirmed the incident to Daily focus News Online in a telephone chat, said the victim, an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, was killed at Akinrun village, Oja – Odan axis in Yewa North Local Government Area.
The spokesman also confirmed that the gallant officer died on Monday at an undisclosed officers .
The smugglers, who ambushed the operatives who were on patrol, also injured one of them, identified as Joseph.
The patrol team was returning to its base, having just impounded smuggled rice, when the suspected smugglers launched the attack.
Mr Attah disclosed that the slain officer had been buried according to Islamic rites in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.
“They were on a patrol; they had made seizure of smuggled rice. While taking the rice to their base, they were ambushed. The officer was shot on Sunday, but he died today.
“He has been buried according to Islamic rites. No arrest has been made. The investigation is still on,” he explained.
In January, a similar incident occurred when suspected smugglers killed a customs officer, Hamisu Sani, and injured another, Tijani Michael, during an ambush at Asero community in Abeokuta.
