Abdullahi Dikko reportedly died in Abuja after a long illness. He was said to have died as a result of cancer complicated by COVID-19.
He was 61 years old and a native of Musawa, Katsina State.
The former Customs boss is survived by one wife and three children –two sons and a daughter.
He attended Government College, Kaduna in 1974 where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 1980.
He had a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Finance from the University of Dimitrov Apostle Tshenov, Svishtov, Bulgaria.
He joined the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988 and was the CG of Customs from 2009 to 2015.
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