The Federal Government has suspended from office the Comptroller-General
of Immigration, Mr. David Parradang, with immediate effect.
This is 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, and made available to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.
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. (NAN)
It would be recalled that a radical Muslim cleric, Ahmad al-Assir was
arrested by Lebanese authorities as he attempted to leave Lebanon to
Nigeria via Cairo.
Al-Assir was arrested with a valid Nigerian Visa.
The Federal Government swiftly ordered a full investigation into how a
wanted terrorist was granted Nigerian Visa in Lebanon to visit Nigeria.