Five Customs chiefs resign together

Five Deputy Comptroller Generals of the Nigeria Customs Service voluntarily announced their resignation from the service yesterday. No reason was given for their action.
They are: the Deputy Comptrollers General John Atte (Finance, Administration and Technical Service) ; Adewuyi Akinade (Tariff and Trade); Tahir Musa (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection; Chukwuma Nwosu and Mera IM.
They reportedly wrote a joint letter of voluntary disengagement through the Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameeed Ali, to The Chairman, Nigerian Customs Service Board.

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The Service had not responded to the request as at the time of this report. Spokesman of the Customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, said he was not aware of the development.

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