Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has taken Nigerian Customs Service under the leadership of Comptroller General Hamid Ali to the cleaners: “The department of Customs Service had completely ignored the fight against corruption, operating as if it was not in Nigeria. Bribe was being demanded at every stage of Customs clearance at the nation’s airports.”

“The Tin Can Island in Lagos as a haven of corruption with bribes being demanded brazenly. There is no difference in Customs since May 29, 2015. If you go to Tin Can Island, it is business as usual. The nation was overwhelmed by an epidemic of kleptomania, why would a person loot what he could not spend in 10 life times while exposing the rest of the population to misery, hunger, poverty, wretchedness and death.”

However, the Acting Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah said: “The comments he made are based on the statistics that are available to him. Such a comment, coming from a highly-respected professor, shows that we should do more than what we are currently doing to deal with the remnants of those corrupt people in the system. We do not condone corruption and you will recall that a number of officers were dismissed last year. We have a regime in customs that is working hard to stem out corruption.”