Suspected smugglers k!ll customs officer

[Augusta]

Suspected smugglers have k!lled a Customs operative in Ogun State
The victim, Mustapha Akiyode, was fatally shot during an ambush along the Ilara–Ijoun axis in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area, a border corridor notorious for smuggling activities.

“The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’, has announced with deep regret the loss of an officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC I) Mustapha Akiyode who was shot in the line of duty by suspected smugglers in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 February 2026, in an ambush along the Ilara–Ijoun axis in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State,” Customs wrote in a post on its X handle on Friday.

 

[eLdavis]

Truth be told, each day these officers put on their uniforms to go out for work, they are taking a risk cause anything can happen.

 

[Augusta]

Police officers take a very big risk. Of intense if any arm robber rob a car and the find a police inside they they make sure you are killed, and I don't know why.