Lalong begs Buhari over suspension of Immigration boss

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, on Monday, begged President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent suspension of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr David Parradang.
Parradang was on Friday directed to immediately proceed on suspension while the service’s Deputy Comptroller-General, Martin Abeshi, takes over.
Paradang was sighted in the Presidential Villa on Monday in company of the governor.
The governor urged the president to reinstate Parradang.
Lalong, who briefed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Buhari, said that although investigations into the issues that led to the suspension of the Immigration boss had commenced, it was necessary for him to show concern.
“I came to see the President on some issues affecting my state. These include the prevailing issue of the suspension of the Comptroller-General of Immigration who incidentally is from my state. When you have issues like this in a political period, you must find ways of looking for reasons and possible solution.
“If anything affects any part of your body, you must show concern. Paradang’s case is still under investigation. A man was suspended and he is from Plateau, it is my concern because I am the governor of the state.
“For every appointment, we must show concern, no matter how small. The President is handling it. At the end of the day, whatever is the outcome I will agree with it, but I also need to get some explanation as the governor of the state.
“I feel comfortable with the response I got and that is why I am smiling. I told him what we are doing on insecurity in our state.’’
On insecurity in the state, the governor said that he set up a 13-man peace committee to address the problem of communal crises across the North-Central state.
He said that the measures put in place by the state government to arrest social unrest in the Plateau had started yielding results as trouble makers were being apprehended by relevant security agencies in the state.
“We still have cases of cattle rustling and farm destruction going on in the southern part.
“But, in the last one week, we have taken very good measures and security agencies are working very well in terms of arrest,” he said.