NIGERIA (Abuja)- President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday issued a query to the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro to explain the poor handling of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise that turned violent last Saturday across the federation.

15 applicants lost their lives during the exercise across various centres and the Minister has 24 hours to reply the query.

It was gathered that the Interior Minister, Abba Moro and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service Davis Parradang were yesterday summoned to the presidential villa by President Goodluck Jonathan, shortly after which he (Moro) appeared disturbed after emerging from the President’s office in company of the immigration boss.

However, when the trio emerged from the Presidential Office, both Moro and Parradang refused to be interviewed by State House Correspondents.

Sources disclosed that President Jonathan who was worried by the Saturday’s incidence had queried the interior minister to explain within 24 hours the poor handling of the exercise as witnessed across the country.

It would be recalled that President Jonathan while inaugurating the National Conference which kicked off yesterday in Abuja lamented the death of young applicants and asked for one minutes of silence in honour of those who died.

“Just as we were preparing for this confab, a tragic incident happened on Saturday; I don’t want to bore you with details, but we are investigating the incident. Let us observe a minute silence for them.” President Jonathan said.