Former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, has returned N1,040,000,000 to the Federal Government, as the anti-corruption war continues to yield results, Punch reports.
Dikko, who served the country from August 2009 to August 2015, allegedly diverted the sum of N40billion from the coffers of the Nigerian Customs Service.
He was arrested by EFCC operatives but due to poor health, he was released.
The money was drawn from proceeds of the seven per cent cost of collection and one per cent comprehensive import supervision scheme.
He later consented to making a gradual refund back to the government.
According to reports, Dikko has so far returned over N1billion, and then another N4million.
He is still under close scrutiny as more cash is still expected from him.
One of Dikko’s properties, a mansion valued at N2billion, had been seized by the anti-graft agency.
The former customs boss is expected to still return more funds as more properties are being traced to him.