The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has finally apologized to Nigerians over the tragedy that rocked the immigration recruitment exercise held earlier this month.
Moro accepted responsibility during his appearance before the Atiku Bagudu-led Senate Committee on Interior which is probing the tragedy.
Moro said, “Mr chairman and distinguished senators, we are deeply grieved and saddened by the way events turned out. We express our sincere regrets once again.
“However, permit me to state that our patriotic desire was the pursuit of a more honest, a more transparent, a more cost effective, a more efficient and equitable platform.
“We sincerely made appropriate and adequate preparations for a hitch -free exercise, but as most things in administrative and human conditions, the yield curve of expected outcome is mostly undefined.
“My heart goes out to the families of those who have lost their dear loved ones. I sincerely sympathise with those injured. I share in their grief. I share in their pains. May I, at this juncture, assure you, distinguished senators and Nigerians, of my respect for the sanctity of human life.
“The loss of these young Nigerians, who are needed as a critical human resource factor for nation building is most regrettable. As the Minister of Interior, under whose purview this unfortunate exercise took place, I cannot abdicate my responsibility. The buck stops here.”
Moro also clarified that the consultant, Drexel Nigeria Ltd was the entity that collected the N1,000 from Nigerians.