Immigration CG withdraws foreign postings of 80 officers over ‘procedural issues’

“The letters should be returned to the SA-CGIS (Foreign
Desk) on or before Thursday 9th March, 2024.

“You are to ensure strict compliance.”

Sources said Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, was
unhappy with the posting list drawn up by the immediate-past CG, complaining
that he was not carried along in the process.

Upon Adepoju’s retirement, moves to replace the posted
officers began.

Some of the affected officers who narrated their plight to
TheCable, said the withdrawal letters arrived just weeks after they were
officially informed of their postings.

The officers who said they had been warned not to speak with
the press on the development, said they had all received three weeks training
at the NIS headquarters in Abuja, and received their “posting order (letter)”
since January 8, 2024.

“We’re shocked and devastated by the development and some of
us have been hospitalised,” one of the officers said.

“You can imagine something you had planned for and informed
your family and suddenly you’re told it will not happen again.”

Tunji-Ojo and Nandap were not immediately available for
reactions to this story.