The immediate past
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, is
dead.
He died today Thursday, February
18 after a protracted illness.
Dikko serviced in office from
2009 to 2015.
Born on May 11, 1960, in Musawa
town, a local government area of Katsina State, the late ex-Customs chief
attended Government College, Kaduna, in 1974 where he obtained the West African
Senior School Certificate in 1980.
He later obtained a Bachelor of
Science degree in Economics and Master of Science degree in Finance from the
University of Dimitrov Apostle Tshenov, Svishtov, Bulgaria.
Dikko joined the Nigerian Customs
Service in 1988 and served in various commands, including Seme Border, Tincan
Island Port, Apapa, Imo Command, Kaduna, Badagry Area Command, Investigation
and Inspection Headquarters, Abuja, before he was appointed as
Comptroller-General of the Service on August 26, 2009.
He had been facing a probe by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as well as the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). His house said
to be worth N1.1bn as well as cars worth hundreds of millions of naira were
seized by the EFCC.
However, his case could not
proceed due to his failing health.
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