The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, Idiroko, on Saturday, confirmed that an alleged smuggler lost his life during a gun duel with suspected smugglers and mob attackers who assaulted its anti-smuggling operatives along the Alapoti bush path in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The command also disclosed that a suspect who claimed ownership of the seized 46 bags of foreign parboiled rice was arrested.
In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Zakari Chado, late Saturday, the attack was described as unprovoked and coming barely a week after suspected drug traffickers attacked Customs operatives at the Akokoro area of Iwoye in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area, during which two officers sustained life-threatening injuries and are still receiving medical attention.
Chado said the latest incident occurred at about 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2026, when officers of the command, on routine anti-smuggling patrol along a bush path at Alapoti, intercepted a convoy of motorcycles conveying smuggled foreign parboiled rice.
