Buhari Dragged To Court Over Appointment Of Customs Boss

President Muhammadu Buhari and Finance Minister were Tuesday dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over an alleged unlawful appointment of a retired army Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali as Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service.

Cited as co-defendants in the suit are the Nigeria Customs Service and Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) as 3rd and 4th defendants respectively.
The Plaintiff, one Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo, an importer of goods and services based in Onitsha, Anambra State is asking the court to reverse the appointment of Colonel Ali (rtd) as customs boss on the ground that it violated sections 5, 147, 148, 151 and 171 of the 1999 constitution as amended.

He is among other things praying the court to issue an order stopping the Minister of Finance and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from recognising or further recognising the ex army chief as the Chief Executive of the Customs.