President
Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the comptroller general of Nigeria Immigration
Service, David Parradang.
Mr.
Parradang was asked to immediately proceed on suspension Friday while the
service’s deputy comptroller general, Martin Abeshi, takes over, according to
the News Agency of Nigeria.
It
was not immediately clear why Mr. Parradang was sanctioned.
However,
the Immigration Service under his leadership sparked national outrage in 2014
after nearly 20 job applicants died in stampede during an Immigration
recruitment test.
Ahead
of the examinations, an agent commissioned by the Ministry of Interior,
extorted N1000 from each of over 700,000 applicants.
Despite
raising nearly a N1 billion, logistics for the exercise were dismal resulting
in the deaths.
Mr.
Parradang denied any role in the contract. He said the Interior minister, Abba
Moro, handled the deal.
An
investigation launched by the Senate into the matter, ended without a report
till date.
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