A former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, is dead.

He died on Thursday at the age of 60 after a protracted illness.

Dikko, an indigene of Katsina State led the NCS from 2009 to 2015.

The former customs boss had been facing a probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.