Just In: Buhari Removes Comptroller General Of Nigerian Immigration

Just In: Buhari Removes Comptroller General Of Nigerian Immigration

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS), Martin Abeshi to vacate his office with immediate effect.

The directive comes as the President noted that the NIS CG has exhausted his tenure in office.

According to Daily Sun, The NIS CG, Abeshi, who was appointed as a replacement for the former CG, David Parradang was not considered fit to continue in office following the expiry of his tenure.

Recall that he was appointed as a replacement following the implication of Paradang in the tragic 2014 recruitment scheme which rocked the Immigration Service.

The news agency also gathered that Abeshi who should have vacated office since last year due to tenure expiratyion lobbied his way back into office before the president’s fresh order.

Source: The Herald