A young customs officer, identified as Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Lawal Tukur, was discovered dead in a hotel room in Katsina State.
The incident was confirmed by sources to have happened at the Murjani Hotel in Katsina metropolis on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
The officer was reportedly lodging there with three women.
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A hotel staff member found ASC Tukur “lying lifeless” in his room around 8:30 a.m. that Wednesday and immediately called for help.
Upon investigation, empty sachets of “suspected substances” were reportedly found in the room’s wastebasket.
The three women connected to the incident were identified as Khadija Ali (34, of Dutsin Amare Quarters, Katsina), Aisha Lawal (30, of Ingawa Local Government Area), and Hafsat Yusuf (22, of Brigade Quarters, Kano).
It was gathered that Khadija and Aisha spent the night with the deceased, while Hafsat joined them later and also lodged at the hotel.
The officer was officially confirmed dead by a doctor after being taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, where his body was left at the mortuary for an autopsy.
While the Katsina State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has not released an “official statement on the cause of death,” the officer’s remains have been buried according to Islamic rites.
His funeral prayer took place on Wednesday evening at his family house in the Sabon Layi area, near the Katsina Police Compound.
See confirmed photo of the customs officer below:
Another photo that has been circulated on social media as that of the customs officer shows a lifeless man on a bed, but it is not known if it was actually the man in the photo.
See photo below:
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