The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board, has dismissed Chief Superintendent of Immigration, Daniel Makolo, for alleged misconduct and refusal to obey lawful superior orders. Makolo, who had challenged his suspension and stoppage of his salaries by the immigration service at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, was dismissed without benefits.
The letter of dismissal dated April 25, 2018, and signed by the acting Secretary of the CDFIPSB, J. Onuh, was also copied to the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede. It read, “Your dismissal is as a result of your persistent acts of serious misconduct bordering on refusal to accept posting, refusal to obey lawful superior orders, absence from duty without leave, false claims against government officials and other acts inimical to the image of the service and unbecoming of a public officer which breached the provisions of the Public Service Rules; 03041 (b) and (m), 030402 (e) (f) and (w) respectively.
“Your dismissal is wiTheffect from the date you were suspended for duty, that is November 7, 2017.” “Consequently, you are to hand over all government properties in your possession to your immediate superior and henceforth discontinue parading yourself as an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service,” the letter added.
But Makolo’s lawyer, Isaac Ebikwo, has contested the dismissal, saying it is against morality, existing court order and the public service rules and regulations. He stated that Makolo’s dismissal from service was meant to rob him of the reliefs he is seeking at the National Industrial Court, Abuja.
The lawyer explained that his client had been subjected to indiscriminate transfer, queries, unlawful stoppage of his salary, suspension, and unlawful eviction with his properties carted away from his house by the immigration service and the room sealed up.
“All these intimidation, harassment and threats happening within these months against existing court order. One wonders how many off enses he committed from 1987 when he joined the service till July 2017 when he choose to challenge his ill-treatment in the service lawfully. “He has never had any blemish at work for the past three decades of diligent service. You have ganged up against him because he is fighting for his denied rights in court and because of his refusal to support the various extortionist policy of the service which are at variance with the Federal Government’s drives for a better
