By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Former Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko Inde has died at the age of 61.
His younger brother and district head of Musawa in Katsina State, Sagir Inde, who confirmed the news to newsmen said Mr Dikko died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Abuja on Thursday.
The district head did not disclose the ailment for which the late customs officer was treated.
But associates said he died of cancer.
Inde was the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service from August 2009 to August 2015.
Inde, who joined the Customs in 1988, was born on 11 May 1960 in Musawa town of Katsina State.
Dikko was born on 11 May 1960 in Musawa town, a local government area of Katsina State, Nigeria. He attended Government College, Kaduna in 1974 where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate Examination 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.
He joined the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988.
He served in various customs commands including Seme Border, Tincan Island Port, Apapa, Imo Command, Kaduna, Badagry Area Command, Investigation and Inspection Headquarters, Abuja Badagry Area Command before he was appointed as Controller-General of Nigerian Customs Service on 26 August 2009.
His tenure as the comptroller General of Customs was described as exemplary,[6] as he reportedly played a significant role in the transformation of the Nigerian Customs Service.
