{"id":7990,"date":"2025-05-04T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2025-05-04T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:04:59","slug":"customs-officer-who-shot-policeman-dead-in-custody-delta-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7990","title":{"rendered":"Customs Officer Who Shot Policeman Dead In Custody \u2013 Delta Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Delta Police Command has confirmed the killing of a policeman along the East-West Road in the Patani area of the state by a Nigeria Customs officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson of the Delta Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed to&nbsp;<strong>THE WHISTLER&nbsp;<\/strong>on Saturday that the customs officer is currently in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edafe explained, \u201cI do not have details yet, but what I do know is that the customs were at their checkpoint while the policeman was driving a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do not know what led to the shooting for now, but what is confirmed is that they shot at the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe policeman driving the vehicle died. The vehicle fell into a ditch. The customs officer is in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The confirmation followed an earlier\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/customs-officer-allegedly-kills-policeman-in-delta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>THE WHISTLER<\/strong>\u00a0on the incident that occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who first reported the incident via X platform on Saturday morning, noted that a Toyota RAV4 was seen veering off the road into a ditch near a Customs checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoting sources, Makama noted that a police officer who witnessed the incident rushed to the scene and discovered that the driver of the vehicle, believed to be a police officer based on his attire, had been fatally shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While&nbsp;<strong>THE WHISTLER&nbsp;<\/strong>gathered that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was \u201chandling the situation\u201d, there is no official reaction from the Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson of the Customs Federal Operating Unit (FOU) Zone C, simply identified as ASC Rose, requested more time to gather credible information concerning the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease, just give me a little time, let me get to the scene. I will get back to you, please,\u201d her text to our correspondent read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first time customs officers will be involved in similar shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 17, 2024, Customs Assistant II Auwal Haruna was lynched by passengers after he shot at a vehicle, killing a passenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident, which occurred at a checkpoint in the Gamji Makaho area of Katsina State, followed Haruna\u2019s attempt to intercept a convoy of vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicles numbering over 50, according to the Service, were suspected to be illegally transporting goods out of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haruna was said to have flagged down a truck conveying passengers to Dankama town, but the truck driver allegedly refused to comply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angered by the driver\u2019s actions, Haruna allegedly pulled the trigger at the truck, but the bullet hit a passenger, identified as Bashir Na-Buzuwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, in February 2024, a teenager was reportedly killed after a J5 Peugeot vehicle driver rammed into bystanders in the Jibia Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The J5 driver was conveying soya beans, and upon sighting NCS officials, reportedly got frightened. 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