Nigerian Customs Suspends 14 Officers

Men of the Nigeria Customs mounting sentry...

Following their involvement in the fraudulent release of vehicles and other goods in Tincan Island and Apapa Ports in Lagos, 14 officers of the Nigeria Customs Service has been suspended, and their salaries stopped.

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Dikko Abdullahi, who gave out this information on Friday in Abuja, added that: “At this stage of our efforts to transform the Service, we cannot afford to tolerate illegal conduct of the nature exhibited by those officers. I am disappointed that despite our efforts to turn-around the Service, some senior Officers are still found wanting”.

10 of the affected officers are of the ranks of Deputy Comptrollers and Assistant Controllers, while the rest are in the Inspector Cadres.