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NIS Recruitment Tragedy: EFCC invites Abba Moro again

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In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . .
The interrogation of the immediate past Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, continues today, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has again directed him to report to its Economic Governance Unit, on Thursday in continuation of the investigation into the tragic Nigeria Immigration Service’s recruitment of May 2014.
The tragic recruitment exercise claimed the lives of 19 applicants.
An operative of the commission disclosed that the team of investigators handling the case of the former minister directed him to report at the commission’s headquarters on Thursday as his interrogation was not concluded on Tuesday.
The source said: “The ex-minister was given an administrative bail on Tuesday but was asked to return on Thursday for a continuation of the process. It is obvious that they were not through with him.
“He was released in the evening on Tuesday on administrative bail. He is expected to report to the commission for a continuation of the interrogation on Thursday.”

Read also: Immigration job tragedy: EFCC quizzes ex-minister, Abba Moro

It will be recalled that the EFCC had earlier invited the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. David Paradang, on September 15, 2015.
The former CG was interviewed on the conduct of the failed recruitment and how N600m paid by the applicants in 2014 was spent.
Reports have it that top officials of the Ministry of Interior and the Civil Defence, Fire, Prison Services Boards, who conducted the interview declared N45m as the money collected from the job seekers.
It is likely that the commission would invite some of the members of the board after the sessions with Moro on Tuesday in the bid to trace how the remaining N555m collected from the applicants was spent.

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