Hammed Ali

Hammed Ali
Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service
Assumed office
August 2015
Preceded by Abdullahi Dikko
Administrator of Kaduna State
In office
22 August 1996 – August 1998
Preceded by Lawal Jafaru Isa
Succeeded by Umar Farouk Ahmed
Personal details
Born (1955-01-15) 15 January 1955
Bauchi, Nigeria
Military service
Service/branch Nigerian Army
Rank Colonel

Hammed Ibrahim Ali (born 15 January 1955) is a retired Nigerian Army Colonel and current Comptroller General of The Nigerian Customs Service. He was appointed to the Comptroller General position by President Muhammadu Buhari on 27 August 2015.[1] Col. Ali served as Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Nigeria (August 1996 - August 1998) during the military regime of General Sani Abacha[2] He is married to one wife and has 4 children. As governor, in October 1997 he sacked about 30,000 striking civil servants in Kaduna State, and detained 18 local government chairmen.[3] A journalist who reported on the sackings was allegedly arrested, severely beaten, then taken to the Government House and further tortured.[4] The story published in Tempo Magazine was entitled “Goodbye Justice”. The story was later discredited and proven to be false.[5]

After retirement, he became Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, a northern lobbying group, and a supporter of Major General Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to run for president.[6] In June 2006 Ali stated that the North would regain the presidency in 2007.[7] He supported Vice President Atiku Abubakar's comments to the effect that president Olusegun Obasanjo would honour his pledge to vacate office in 2007.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Buhari appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, others". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. ↑ The news, Volume 11, Issues 1-11. Independent Communications Network Ltd. 1998. p. 25.
  4. ↑ "Three journalists arrested". International Freedom of Expression eXchange. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Attacks On The Media In October 1997". Media Rights Agenda. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Ali M. Ali (1 January 2003). "Four Ex-military Govs Pledge Support for Buhari". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 27 December 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "AREWA Youth jettisoned quest for a Northern Presidency" (PDF). The Guardian. 5 June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Dapo Olufade & Emeka Mamah (6 September 2005h). "Arewa Faults Obasanjo on Rift with Atiku". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-05-27.


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