A probe ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari into how the ISIS chief Ahmed Al Assir, secured Nigeria’s visa to visit the country is already causing crisis in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), leaving the fate if its boss David Paradang unknown.
Reports however revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has order a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the issuance of Visa to the wanted terrorist who has been on the wanted list of several governments.
Ahmed Al Assir were said to have been arrested at in Lebanon Airpor on his way to Nigeria through Egypt.
The Lebanons judiciary has accused him of involvement in the death of 17 Lebanese solders and sentence him to death.
A competent source in the State House who does not want to be named revealed that the President was worry about the development, saying Buhari government will not continue to watch while a para-military agency incharge of Visa frustrate government efforts to stamp out terrorists from the country.
Reports had quoted an official of the ministry of foreign affairs who spoke on the condition of anonymity, that the ministry of foreign affairs has been directed to explain how the wanted terrorist was able to get Nigerian Visa.
“The reported arrest of the wanted terrorist is a huge embarrassment to Nigeria and the President has directed that the matter should be investigated. The embassy in Lebanon has been directed to furnish the ministry with details of how the man got the visa. The National Intelligence Agency Officer has been directed to provide details of what happened” the officer said.
Investigations by our reporter revealed that the NIS boss, has been running from the pillar to post to save his job from the probe.
A staff of the Service at the National Headquarters confided in some journalists on Thursday that the NIS boss was contemplating a major shake up especially at the Visa department.
It will be remembered that under Mr. Paradang as NIS boss, March last year, the Nation lost more than 15 job seekers to a botched Immigration recruitment.
