Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, hasattributed the death of some applicatnts who took
part in the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment
yesterday to lack of patience.
Moro disclosed that only 4,556 would be recruited at
the end of the exercise, based on the available
space.
He said this in Jos, Plateau State capital on
Saturday, while monitoring the exercise.
Moro said he learnt that seven people lost their lives
at the National Stadium, Abuja, Niger and Lagos
states, adding that two of the victims were female
and five male.
He said, “The applicants lost their lives due to
impatience; they did not follow the laid down
procedures spelt out to them before the exercise.
Many of them jumped through the fences of affected
centres and did not conduct themselves in an
orderly manner to make the exercise a smooth one.
This caused stampede and made the environment
unsecured.”
He stated that the Deputy Comptroller, Immigration
Operations and Passport, told him that he cancelled
the exercise in Lagos due to the unruly behaviour of
applicants.
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