I Won’t Honour Senate’s Invitation Tomorrow – Customs Boss
Col. Hameed Ali, Customs Comptroller-General[/caption]
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, has said he will not honour the invitation of the Nigerian Senate tomorrow, Wednesday.
Ali said this while speaking with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
It will be recalled that the Senate, last Thursday, turned back the comptroller-general for not appearing in Customs uniform, ordering him to re-appear on Wednesday, March 22nd.
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Ali said, “The case is in court already. Somebody has sued us. I have gotten my writ of summons and they said status quo ante should remain; which means nothing should be done until the court makes a pronouncement.
“A private individual sued all of us; he wants an interpretation of the section that is in contention.
“I don’t want to talk so that I am not held in contempt of court,’’ Ali said.
