President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday queried the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang, over the stampede that claimed 18 lives at the venues of the recruitment exercise by the NIS on Saturday.

They were summoned to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to explain the circumstances that led to the incident which  a source said had portrayed the present administration in bad light.

On their arrival, the two officials first met for about three hours with the Chief of Staff to the President, Brig.-Gen. Jones Arogbofa (retd.), in his office.

A source said they used the opportunity of the meeting with Arogbofa to marshal the arguments they would present before the President.

At the end of that parley, the CoS led the minister and the NIS boss to meet the President for close to an hour.

He also led them out of the President’s office at about 2.30pm.

None of them were willing to talk to State House correspondents at the end of their encounter with the President.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source: Punch