HOW TINUBU STOPPED PLOT TO ” OVERTHROW” CGC Wale Adeniyi… Reps Member Abejide’s Failed bid To Make Lower-Ranked Cousin Customs CG.
Nigeria may have narrowly avoided what insiders describe as a major breach of established civil service procedures following allegations of a move to install a relatively lower-ranked officer from Kogi State as the next Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). And President Tinubu's announcement of another six-month extension for the current CG, Wale Adeniyi, was the saving grace.
The current Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, is expected to leave office upon the expiration of the one-year extension granted to him by President Bola Tinubu in Febuary 2027.
However, highly placed sources told SaharaReporters that plans were allegedly underway to replace him with Deputy Comptroller H.O. Olorunfemi, an officer from Kaba in Kogi State.
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