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Immigration appoints new spokesman

By Karls Tsokar, Abuja
09 September 2015   |   4:03 am
AN imminent shake-up in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced with the return of Ekpedeme King as the new Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja from the Public Relations Unit of the Service said the Deputy Comptroller Immigration (DCI), King, is to take over from the erstwhile…

immigrationAN imminent shake-up in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced with the return of Ekpedeme King as the new Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service.

A statement issued yesterday in Abuja from the Public Relations Unit of the Service said the Deputy Comptroller Immigration (DCI), King, is to take over from the erstwhile Chukwuemeka Obua, who had been redeployed to Lagos State.

The statement reads: “In a staff posting order vide NIS/ABJ/1027/VV/T111/562 dated September 2, 2015, the incumbent spokesperson of the NIS, Assistant Comptroller Obua has been moved to Lagos Command while Deputy Comptroller, Ekpedeme King, has been deployed to replace him as

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