A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case of
former Interior Minister, Mr Abba Moro, and two others to Sept. 29 and 30 for
continuation of trial.
Moro was charged along with the former Permanent
Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Anastasia Nwobia and a Deputy Director in the
ministry Mr F.O Alayabami.
At the resumed hearing on Friday, Mr Paul Erokoro(SAN), a
member of the defence team, crossed examined the former Comptroller- General of
the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr David Parradang.
Parradang insisted during the cross examination that as
the head of the NIS in 2014 he was not aware of the recruitment carried out by
the service.
When Erokoro sought to know if the recruitment was
initiated by the minister or permanent secretary, he said “I do not know.’’
Parradang had on June 8, while being led in evidence by
prosecuting counsel, Mr Yusuf Aliyu, told the court that he was not aware of
the recruitment exercise.
Parradang, who was the first prosecution witness, told
the court that he was shocked when he saw reports in the media about a
recruitment by the Service.
“In September, I was referred to a publication in one of
the dailies that NIS was recruiting officers into assistant superintendent,
inspectorate and assistant inspectorate cadres.
“I was surprised about the recruitment exercise because
as a comptroller-general I was not aware of it,’’ he said.
The former NIS boss had also told the court that there
was no budget for the said recruitment.
The NIS conducted recruitment on March 15, 2014 that led
to the death of 15 applicants, while several others were wounded.
Moro is on trial over alleged N676
million fraud arising from the exercise.
This dude is prolly just d patsy...he dosent look smart enough to pul off this sort of sh**e
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