Some suspected smugglers on Sunday killed a Customs officer, Yakubu Shuaibu, attached to the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A in Lagos.

Confirming the incident, Jerry Attah, the FOU spokesman, on Monday, said the victim, an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, was shot dead at Akinrun village, in Yewa North Local Government Area.

The smugglers, who ambushed the operatives who were on patrol, also injured one of them, identified as Joseph, PrimiumTimes reports.

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The patrol team was returning to its base, having just impounded smuggled rice, when the suspected smugglers launched the attack.

“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 said.

Mr Attah also disclosed that the slain officer had been buried according to Islamic rites in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.

Communities in Ogun State that border Benin Republic are major smuggling routes into Nigeria. Some of the goods smuggled through the border communities are cars, bags of rice and poultry products.