DEVELOPING: No law says I must wear uniform, Ali tells senate

Hameed Ali, comptroller general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), says there is no law stating that he must wear uniform to honour the invitation of the senate.

On Thursday, Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, who is presiding over the senate, asked Ali why he was not in his uniform, and the latter replied that no law compels him to do so.

Bala Ibn Na’Allah, senator representing Kebbi south, said the letter sent to the senate by Ali on not wearing his uniform is derogatory.

Na’Allah cites sections seven, eight and 10 of the Customs Act which states that the Customs shares same privileges with police and other institutions, which includes wearing uniforms.