Drama As Customs Officer Promotes Self To CG, ‘Sacks’ Hammed Ali

In what appears to be a funny drama was what played out at the Customs Headquarters today, Monday when an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Nura Dahiru promoted himself to the rank of deputy comptroller-general of Customs (DCG), claiming he was directed by President

Muhammadu Buhari to assume the office of Comptroller-General (CG). 

According to reports, Dahiru walked into the office wearing the new rank, and went into the office of the comptroller general, Hameed Ali.

“As he came in, officers were saluting him because he was wearing that rank,” one of the sources at the headquarters said. 

“Sometime in May, he had posted on Facebook that he had been directed by the president to take over from Hameed Ali, and today when we saw him in the new rank, we thought, indeed, he has been promoted and so directed by the president. He went inside the CG’s office, sat in the waiting room, expecting the CG to handover to him.”

According to spokesman of customs, Joseph Attah, Dahiru was not in the right frame of mind when he took the action.

“What happened was that, an assistant superintendent of Customs came to the office wearing the rank of a Deputy Comptroller General,” he said.

“From questions and answers that followed, it was obvious that he was not in the right frame of mind, so a doctor was immediately invited. He is presently undergoing medical examination at the medical unit of the service.”

Reports further observed that Dahiru needed to be promoted at least nine times to rise to the height of comptroller-general.