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Customs CG, Adeniyi, dismisses report of age falsification

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has described as unfounded a claim of age falsification.
In a statement issued on Friday, Adeniyi said the report lacked credibility.
An online news medium had reported that the Customs boss falsified his age and had spent 43 years in service.
The statement read: “Common sense dictates that a fitting picture should illustrate such a reported scandal; instead, what appeared to be a plain paper with indiscernible blurry writings was used in the attempt to convince readers.
“The first two paragraphs of the story claimed that official documents were sighted to prove Adeniyi’s culpability.”
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Adeniyi insisted that the platform did not provide screenshots of the official documents it claimed to have obtained.
He added that the medium contradicted itself in two paragraphs of the exclusive story.
“The report claimed in one paragraph that his age falsification has enabled him to remain in service beyond age 60.
“In another, it claimed the documents also revealed that Adeniyi altered his years of service to remain in customs service.
“No tangible evidence was presented in the report to substantiate the claims,” the statement added.
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