Suspected smugglers have allegedly killed an Inspector of Customs, identified as A. Onwegbuzie and dumped his body in a pit in Ogun State.
The acting Customs Area Controller in charge of Federal Operations, Unit Zone A, Hussein Ejibunu, who disclosed while addressing journalist on Wednesday in Lagos vowed that the long arm of the law would catch up with those behind the murder.
Ejibunu said, “This new wave of the daring attitude of smugglers has claimed the lives of many officers, the latest being the hacking to death with a machete of Inspector of Customs Onwegbuzie A. along Senator Road, Ilaro axis of Ogun State, after making a seizure on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
“The officer was not only gruesomely murdered, but his body was dumped in a deep pit.
“Nevertheless, with the timely arrival of other patrol teams, three arrests were made in connection with the murder; 78 bags of smuggled parboiled rice at 50kg each and six motorcycles were equally seized.”
He also said the command made N89,347,365.25 as revenue within the period under review.