The suspect who had been nabbed was trying to evade arrest.
According to the spokesman of the Federal Operations Unit Zone B, of the Nigeria Customs Service, Isah Sulaiman, the victim Hamza Elenwo – an Inspector of Customs – was killed on Friday at Achilafia along Daura-Kano Road in Jigawa State during a stop and search operation.
He said that the incident occurred when a driver with a vehicle suspected to be smuggled into the country hit the officer while trying to evade arrest.
The late Customs operative was rushed to the General Hospital Kazaure and later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Katsina where he was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.
Sulaiman said the deceased, who hailed from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been laid to rest in Katsina, according to Islamic rites.