The former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, again reported at the Economic Governance Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday.
The former minister arrived the commission by 11 am and left at 4.20pm after his interrogation by operatives.
Moro was interrogated on Tuesday in relation with the failed Immigration recruitment of May, 2014.
A top operative of the commission said that Moro was asked to go on administrative bail after the interrogation on Tuesday and was directed to return on Thursday for a continuation of the exercise.
The source said, “The former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, returned to the commission on Thursday.
“You know that the man came here on Tuesday and was asked to return on Thursday and he kept his word.
“He came by 11 am and left the office after his interrogation by 4.20 pm.”
It was further stated that the commission was still continuing with the investigation into the recruitment which led to the death of 19 Nigerians across the country.
The EFCC had reopened investigations into the NIS recruitment scandal with the interrogation of the immediate past Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. David Paradang, on September 15, 2015.
In the testimony he gave at the commission, Paradang was said to have made statements in his defence which made it necessary for the EFCC team to interrogate more people in relation with the incident.
The commission is probing how the sum of N600m collected from the applicants who indicated interest in the NIS recruitment exercise was spent.
It was learnt that the operatives are working hard to uncover what happened N555m as those who conducted the exercise were said to have declared N45m as the amount collected from the applicant.
Apart from Moro and Paradang, the commission may have quizzed some members of the board.
A top operative of the commission said on Thursday that the operatives were taking their time to investigate those believed to have played some roles in the recruitment exercise.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Moro was at the commission to keep his appointment with the operatives but would not say anything further.
He said, “Yes. It is true that he came today.”(Punch)
