Abdullahi Dikko, former comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), is dead.
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He died on Thursday. TheCable reports that he had been battling a terminal ailment, and doctors advised that he should not be flown abroad because he might not survive.
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Dikko, who served as the NCS CG between 2009 and 2015, was standing trial over corruption allegations before his death.