EFCC Reopens Probe into Immigration Job Scandal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has began probe into the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment tragedy in 2014, which led to the death of over 19 job seekers.

The source told punch,

“Operatives of the commission are interrogating the former Comptroller General, Immigration, Mr. David Paradang.
“The man was invited and he came on his own and he was immediately ushered into the interrogation room. No, he was not arrested.
“Operatives are interrogating him in relation with the Immigration recruitment exercise that led to the death of many innocent Nigerians in 2014.
“The commission is probing the disappearance of N600m that was received from the applicants.
“There is this report that those who carried out that exercise declared only N45m out of the N600m they collected. We want to know where the remaining N555m is”

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr.Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Paradang was at the EFCC office at the Idiagbon House at Wuse II, Abuja, by 10am.
“He was invited and he came,” he said and refused further comments.

Meanwhile,the Senate under David Mark as president had in 2014 probed the tragedy but the report of the investigative committee did not see the light of the day before the seventh senate ended.