Buhari fires Immigration Comptroller General, Martin Abeshi

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Services, NIS, Martin Abeshi to vacate his office with immediate effect.

The directive comes as the President noted that the NIS CG has exhausted his tenure in office.

According to News Agency, Daily Sun, The NIS CG, Abeshi, who was appointed as a replacement for the former CG, David Parradang was not considered firt to continue in office following the expiry of his tenure.

Recall that he was appointed as a replacement following the implication of Paradang in the tragic 2014 recruitment scheme which rocked the Immigration Service.

It was gathered that Abeshi who should have vacated office since last year due to tenure expiration lobbied his way back into office before the president’s fresh order.