Gunmen K!ll Custom Officer in Kebbi Posted by Thandiubani on Tue 16th Sep, 2025 – tori.ng Share this news:       The attackers had earlier attacked nearby farms, confiscated food and chased the farmers away.  A Customs officer has been k!lled by gunmen suspected to be Lakuwara members. The late Customs officer was attached to the Fingila checkpoint in Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The officer was reportedly shot d3ad on Monday, September 15, 2025. According to a local resident of Fingila village, identified as Malam Abdulrasheed, the attackers had earlier attacked nearby farms, confiscated food and chased the farmers away. “They entered the farms and asked the farmers to taste the food they brought from home. After forcing them to take a bite, the gunmen ate the remaining food and told the farmers to leave, saying there would be no farming today,” Abdulrasheed narrated. He explained that the assailants, numbering about seven and riding motorcycles while carrying heavy weapons, later moved to the main road, where they encountered the Customs officer sitting near a mosque and opened fire on him. “Although the first shot missed, the second hit him as he attempted to flee into a nearby maize field. A third shot fatally struck him inside the field,” he said. Two other officers, who were not in the open during the attack, managed to escape by crawling through the maize field, although they reportedly sustained minor injuries. According to locals, the deceased officer hailed from Maiduguri in Borno State and was known to regularly sit near the mosque.