Former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, is dead.
The Katsina State indigene died after battling an unknown illness.
Until his death, he was facing corruption charges levelled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The former customs boss and two others were accused of corruption to the tune of N1.1 billion Naira.
Others facing trial with Dikko are Garba Makarfi, ex-Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs (Finance, Administration and Technical Services) and Umar Hussaini, a lawyer and owner of Capital Law.
They were accused of asking the Managing Director of Cambial Limited, Yemi Obadeyi, to pay N1.1billion into the account of Capital Law Office.
The money is alleged to be a refundable “completion security deposit” for the purchase of 120 units of duplexes as residential accommodation for officers of the NCS.
