Immigration CG, Muhammad Babandedem, test positive for coronavirus

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandedem has tested positive for coronavirus.

The NIS spokesman, Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. He said the CG had been in self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom last week in line with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s directive.

“The Comptroller-General is active and directing as expected the affairs of the service online; while the Deputy Comptroller-General overseeing the administration of the service is in touch online to keep service activities running within this period,” he said.