Nigeria: Senate/Customs CG Face-Off - Ali Won't Appear Before You Today in Uniform, Attorney General Writes Senate

22 March 2017

Strong indications emerged yesterday that the face-off between the Senate and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, (retd), is getting messier everyday, as the Federal Government has vowed that the Customs boss will not wear complete uniforms as directed by the senators who asked him come back next week Wednesday in complete Customs uniform.

The Customs boss, who is billed to appear before the Senate today in uniform will not do so, just as he had cited the constitution and also for the fact that the case on whether he should war uniform or not, was already in court.

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