The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday grilled the immediate past minister of Interior, Abba Moro, over the March 15, 2014 employment scam in the Nigerian Immigration Service.
He was grilled for over eight years by the anti-graft operatives.
According to the EFCC spokesperson who confirmed the visit of the Benue State politician to the EFCC headquarters, the former minister was invited to discuss his role in the immigration recruitment, where some young Nigerians lost their lives.
Abba Moro was said to have arrived at the commission at about 10am where he was grilled by the EFCC operatives. He was letter released on administrative bail at about 6pm and directed to report at the commission today.
The interrogation was centred around the circumstances leading to the death of about 20 applicants in various recruitment centres across the country, during a botched exercise that raised over N500million for the ministry, which was never returned to applicants even after the cancellation of the exercise.
The former comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang, had also been quizzed by the EFCC over alleged corruption in the handling of the exercise.
At the time of the botched exercise, several Nigerians demanded the resignation or dismissal of Moro and Parradang, as well as their criminal prosecution for involuntary homicide.
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