Days after five Deputy Comptrollers-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, and some other officers were made to go on retirement, there are further indications that 400 officers will soon leave the service for reasons ranging from; corruption, insubordination, indiscipline to absenteeism.
Among the officers detailed for retirement are those that were said to have flouted re-deployment directives as well as influenced their promotion even when they were not due for such.
It has been gathered that instead of reporting at their new area of assignment after posting, they obtained notes from legislators, who lobbied customs management to stop such re-deployment.
The alleged voluntary retirement of five Deputy Comptrollers-General is unprecedented in the history of the service.
The retirement letter read in part: “We, the under listed officers currently on the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General met today, October 29, and unanimously agreed to voluntarily retire from the service of the Nigerian Customs Service having risen to the privileged rank of Deputy Comptroller-General.
“We thank the President for giving us the opportunity to serve our great nation.”
