TRIAL OF ABBA MORO: 1st Witness says former Minister turned down all suggestions

former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro

A former Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Paradang, while testifying as the first prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, today told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he voiced out his concerns about the recruitment exercise and that all suggestions on how to stage the exercise process was turned down an action which resulted in the death of over a dozen applicants. 

Justice Anwuli Chikere adjourned the case till September 29th, 2016. ‪#‎AbbaMoro‬

Boko Haran: NIS to deploy patrol corps in borders

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Sunday said it was set to deploy members of its special border patrol corps in the nation’s borders as part of measures to check illegal migration and terrorism. The NIS Public Relations Officer, Emeka Obua, said this on Sunday.

Obua said, “We have graduated 1,000 special patrol border corps personnel and they will soon be deployed to the nation’s borders. The corps is part of the proposals to the Federal Government by the Comptroller-General. “Other components of the proposals include yearly recruitment of 5,000 personnel into the service for at least three years and the setting up of border patrol technology to check illegal migration and influx of terrorists and criminals into the country.”

He said the border patrol corps would be backed with modern border security technologies, including electronic sensors that could detect human movement particularly at the 1,497 illegal routes being used by terrorists and foreigners that did not want to be profiled by the immigration service.

Obua explained that the corps was not a new creation, noting that it was part of the recommendation of the Justice Nnaemeka Aniagolu Commission of Inquiry on the Maitasine riot, which unfortunately was not implemented by past governments.