The incident occurred on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at Murjani Hotel, where the officer had checked in.

According to reports, hotel staff discovered Tukur’s lifeless body around 8:30 a.m. and promptly notified the police.

Sources revealed that three women — Khadija Ali (34), Aisha Lawal (30), and Hafsat Yusuf (22) — were with the deceased at the hotel prior to his death.

It was gathered that Khadija and Aisha spent the night with him, while Hafsat joined them later and also stayed over.

Investigators reportedly found empty sachets of unidentified substances in a wastebasket inside the room, raising suspicions of possible substance use.

The body of the deceased has since been conveyed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Katsina, where doctors confirmed his death before transferring it to the mortuary for autopsy.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been informed of the development, while police say investigations are underway to ascertain the exact cause of death and the role of the three women in the incident.

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The accused, Torgbe Agbeti Dordoe, 43, has been charged with extortion but pleaded not guilty.

The court, presided over by Mrs Angela Attachie, granted him bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 with one surety to be justified. The case has been adjourned to January 21, 2026.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, said the complainant, whose name has been withheld, resides at Airport West in Accra, while the accused is a Revenue Officer with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division, stationed at KIA.

According to the prosecution, the complainant reported to the police that he arrived in Ghana from Dubai on November 28, 2024, with two sets of Bose musical instruments.

During arrival formalities at the airport, Dordoe, who was on duty, assessed the Customs duty on the items at GH¢21,000, which the complainant paid and for which he was issued a receipt.

The complainant later reminded Dordoe that he had already paid duty for the same items during a previous arrival in the country.

Dordoe then allegedly demanded an additional GH¢2,000 in cash as Customs duty but failed to issue a receipt for that payment.

When the complainant requested that the duty be verified in the system and an official receipt issued, the accused allegedly ignored the request.

The complainant subsequently lodged a report at the Airport Police Station, leading to an invitation being sent to Dordoe for questioning.

Chief Inspector Lanyo said the accused informed the police officers that he was on duty and requested to report to the station on February 17, 2025.

On February 20, 2025, a letter was sent to the Officer in Charge of the GRA Customs Division at the airport, requesting confirmation of the incident and details of the duty collected by the accused, but no response was received.

A follow-up letter was later sent to the Customs Headquarters on April 4, 2025, requesting that the accused be released to assist in investigations, but again, no response was received.

On April 28, 2025, Dordoe was served with a criminal summons to appear before the court on May 12, 2025.

He appeared on the said date, was arrested, and subsequently charged.

Source: GNA

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The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command, on Wednesday, March 24, announced that it lost an officer in a boat mishap.

The Public Relations Officer, Idaho Sulaiman, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos.

He said the incident occurred at about 6:10 p.m. on March 22, while operatives of the command, Akere Surveillance/Monitoring team under Idiroko Outstation, were acting on credible information along Vawhe-Isalu creeks.

Mr Sulaiman said the team, led by Inspector of Customs (IC) Ajayi A.S., had the mishap while trying to intercept a boat suspected to be carrying smuggled items.

“The accident resulted in the death of Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) Aliyu AA by drowning.

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“The body of the deceased was found underneath the river with the assistance of villagers around the axis.

“The body was taken to General Hospital Badagry and later deposited at the mortuary, having been certified dead by the doctor on call.

“The corpse was transported by air on-board MAX air airline to Kano on March 23, on the request of the family of the deceased,” he said.

He said the deceased, who hailed from Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina, was born on July 10, 1987.

Mr Aliyu joined the NCS on October 17, 2013, as Customs Assistant II and got promoted to the rank of AIC on January 1, 2019.

Sympathising with the family of the deceased, Mr Sulaiman said: “At these trying times, the Customs Area Controller, on behalf of the officers/men of the WMC, commiserate with the family of the deceased and pray for the repose of his soul and also for God to grant the deceased eternal rest.”