Alhaj Abdullahi Dikko, the former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, has returned N1,040,000, 000 to the Federal Government.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began arrested the former Customs boss when it established that about N40 billion was diverted from the Nigeria Customs Service account under his watch. Dikko was the head of customs between August, 2009 and August,2015.
The funds were allegedly drawn from proceeds of the seven per cent cost of collection and one per cent comprehensive import supervision scheme.
He was subsequently arrested by the EFCC in June this year but was released due to his poor health.
However, a reliable source within the EFCC told our correspondent that the suspect had been returning money to the government.
The source added, “So far, Dikko has returned over N1bn. He returned N1bn and then N4m. He is still expected to return more money.”
The EFCC had, earlier in the year, seized a mansion belonging to Dikko located at 1 Audu Ogbeh Street, Jabi, Abuja.
According to the EFCC, the mansion is worth at least N2bn.
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