Customs officer buried as service declines comment on circumstances of death in Katsina

By Ogalah Ibrahim

A serving serviceman of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been laid to remainder successful Katsina State, amid speculations astir the circumstances surrounding his death.

The Katsina Area Command of the Service confirmed the officer’s decease but declined to remark connected reports circulating online, saying it had not received authoritative details astir however oregon wherever the incidental occurred.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASC II B. Musa, who spoke to Vanguard by telephone, said the Command was lone informed of the improvement by the deceased officer’s family.

“All I cognize is that the serviceman died. We were lone informed by his family. So, astir his whereabouts and wherever helium died — we were not told,” Musa said.

When asked if the household disclosed the origin of death, helium added: “I don’t know. They didn’t archer us.”

Musa besides said helium could not corroborate claims that the officer’s remains were taken to a infirmary earlier burial.

“I don’t cognize astir that one,” helium said. He, however, confirmed that the deceased had been buried successful accordance with Islamic rites.

“We conscionable received the accusation that our serviceman died and was buried. That is each I know,” helium added.

Some unverified reports circulating connected societal media had linked the decease to events that allegedly occurred successful a edifice wrong Katsina metropolis. However, Vanguard could not independently verify these claims arsenic of property time, and the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters has not issued immoderate authoritative connection regarding the matter.

The individuality of the officer, arsenic gathered from unofficial sources, was fixed arsenic Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Lawal Tukur, though the Service has not confirmed this.

At the clip of filing this report, investigations into the circumstances surrounding the officer’s decease had not been made public.

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