Customs Officer Found Dead In Katsina Hotel After Night With Three Women

A young customs officer identified as Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Lawal Tukur, was found dead in a hotel room in Katsina State.

The incident occurred on Wednesday at Murjani Hotel in Katsina metropolis, where Tukur was staying with three women.

A hotel staff member discovered his body around 8:30 a.m. on October 15, 2025, and immediately raised the alarm.

Preliminary investigations revealed empty sachets of suspected substances in the hotel room’s wastebasket.

The three women present at the hotel were identified as Khadija Ali, 34, from Dutsin Amare Quarters, Katsina; Aisha Lawal, 30, from Ingawa Local Government Area; and Hafsat Yusuf, 22, from Brigade Quarters, Kano.

Reports suggest that Khadija and Aisha spent the night with Tukur, while Hafsat joined later and also stayed in the hotel.

The officer was taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, where a medical doctor confirmed his death.

His body was later deposited at the hospital mortuary for an autopsy.

Although the Katsina State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has not yet released an official statement on the cause of death, Tukur was buried according to Islamic rites.

His funeral prayer was held on Wednesday evening at his family home in Sabon Layi, near the Katsina Police Compound.

KanyiDaily had also reported how Louis Nwachukwu, an employee of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), was found dead in a hotel in the Mpape area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.