The Delta Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of a policeman along the East-West Road in the Patani area of the state by a Nigeria Customs officer.
TheNewsGuru reports that the incident allegedly occurred at about 11:58 pm on Friday, 2nd May 2025.
According to an eyewitness, a counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who first reported the incident via X platform on Saturday morning, a Toyota RAV4 was seen veering off the road into a ditch near a Customs checkpoint.
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.
While the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) disclosed that it was “handling the situation”, there is no official reaction from the Service.
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.
However, in reaction to the development, the spokesperson of the Delta Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed that the customs officer is currently in custody.
Edafe explained, “I 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.
“I do not know what led to the shooting for now, but what is confirmed is that they shot at the vehicle.
“The policeman driving the vehicle died. The vehicle fell into a ditch. The customs officer is in custody.”