Former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ahmed Aliyu Mustapha, is dead.
Mustapha served as Comptroller-General from 1999 to 2003.
He retired from the Service in December 2003, after more than three decades of active duty.
His death was confirmed on Thursday by the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, in a statement shared on his social media pages.
“Deeply saddened by the passing of Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Musdafa, former CG of Customs. A man of service, dignity & duty whose legacy will live on. My prayers are with Lamido Adamawa, the Musdafa royal family & all who mourn him. May Allah grant him Aljannah Firdaus,” Fintiri wrote.
Mustapha, an elder brother to the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha, also held the traditional title of Sardauna Adamawa.
He joined the NCS as a young cadet and steadily rose through the ranks before his appointment as Comptroller-General in 1999, at the dawn of the Fourth Republic.
Ex-Customs Comptroller-General, Mustapha is dead
