OF all the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to date, none has been more powerful than Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Alli (rtd.), the 64-year-old postgraduate criminologist from Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State. On November 21, 1994, General Sani Abacha, GCFR, appointed him along with Justice Ibrahim Nadhi Auta, a federal High Court Judge in Lagos and Justice Etowa Arikpo, a judge in the Cross Rivers State High Court to try Ken Saro- Wiwa, Ledun Mitee, Barinom Kiobel, John Kpaniene and Baribor Berai in the aftermath of the Ogoni crisis in Rivers state. On August 22, 1996, the same General Abacha appointed him as the Military Governor of Kaduna State. He served as…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
