Femi Adesina, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has disclosed that the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Services was not suspended because an ISIS chief got a Nigerian visa. Adesina said in a text message that the suspension of Paradang was not connected to the probe of how the ISIS chief got the Nigerian visa but for unauthorized recruitment into Immigration Service.
The suspended NIS CG who was appointed into office in June 2013 for a four-year tenure was also indicted in the recruitment scandal which led to the death of at least 15 applicants across Nigeria about two years ago.
The Immigration Service has been under focus in the past few days following revelations that Ahmad al-Assir, a leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS was able to secure valid Nigerian visa in Lebanon.
The ISIS leader who is on international list of wanted terrorists obtained the visa on a fake Palestinian passport and was on his way to Nigeria before he was arrested in Lebanon. Federal Government had on Wednesday ordered investigations into how the ISIS leader was able to obtain valid visa without detection.
But earlier today, The Federal Government suspended David Parradang, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Services with immediate effect.
His suspension was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, Mr Yusuf Isiaka Alhaji, on behalf of the permanent secretary of the ministry. The statement said the Deputy Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Martin Kure Abeshi, had been directed to take over the affairs of the office. Abeshi is the most senior officer after Parradang, the statement added.
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Posted: at 21-08-2015 09:15 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
PoliticxGuru at 21-08-2015 09:24 PM (8 years ago) (m)
make una see matter for ground oooo, dis one pass my power oooo
Posted: at 21-08-2015 09:24 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
He deserve the suspension because it seems position was too much for him to handle and If you eventually visit the commission especially in Lagos, you will understand what am writting about.
Posted: at 21-08-2015 09:30 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
jossy4reall at 21-08-2015 09:33 PM (8 years ago) (m)
na only suspension for comptroller general.....he for sack him completely and also sack the ambassador and all the people wey dey work for the embassy wia dem issue the visa
Love or Hate me its ur Biz, I have more important things to think abt since u never gonna change me
Posted: at 21-08-2015 09:33 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
Yes they shld suspend him. Next person will sit up and be focus. Thank GOD dat evil terrorise was arrested if not for Lebanon, dat man will fly into nigeria wit out anybody bating an eye until aso rock was bomb then we will remember dat our airport is porous and corrupt ambassadors are jt after bribe.
Posted: at 21-08-2015 09:52 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
I support so that other will be afraid and will no more disturb us as we fly in and out of the zoo Many times they hold my passport saying that i have multiple visas of brazil , europe and stamps of many african country asking me to much question just to collect money
The worst is they give u price ,no draging,, useless idiots and mostly those southerners
Posted: at 22-08-2015 03:20 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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