Abba
Moro
ALL is set for the trial of former Minister of Interior Abba Moro,
a former Permanent Secretary and a director over the N650million proceeds of
the Immigration recruitment scandal.
The three suspects were re-invited by
the Economice and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ahead of their arraignment
in court today by the anti-graft agency.
The fate of a former
Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. David
Parradang, was unknown as at press time.
About 6.5million applied for 5,000
immigration jobs but the conduct of the test in March, 2014 led to the death of
15 applicants. Scores were injured in stampede in Abuja, Port Harcourt and
Minna.
Each applicant paid N1,000.
Although Moro blamed the former Comptroller-General of Immigration
for the incidents, those loyal to Parradang traced the tragedy to Moro and
those they described as his business partners
The EFCC stepped into the job
scandal to ascertain the whereabouts of the N650 million proceeds of the
exercise.
A highly-placed source, who spoke in
confidence, said last night: “We have detained Moro, a former Permanent Secretary
in the Ministry of Interior and a director.
“We need to tidy up a few things but it
is likely that these former public officers will be arraigned in court any
moment from now. I think they might go to court on Tuesday (today)
from detention.
“No one can account for the whereabouts
of the N650million collected from applicants. Out of the fees, N212million was
budgeted for the March 2014 recruitment exercise but N45million was eventually
released and some officers still helped themselves with it.