Boko Haram: Immigration deports 122
The Immigration Service has launched a massive hunt for illegal immigrants in the country in the aftermath of the deadly activities of the Boko Haram sect.
The security agencies believe many members of the sect are foreigners.
Only on Friday,President Goodluck Jonathan sought the cooperation of Nigeria’s neighbours in checking the influx of illegal immigrants into the country.
The Kano State Command of the service acting on the directive of the Comptroller General of Immigration, Rose Uzoma effected the arrest of 183 such immigrants in Kano and deported 122 of them.
The remaining 61 are still being screened to ascertain their countries.
A similar directive has gone to other state commands of the organisation.
The immigrants were apprehended during raids by men of the Kano State command of the service at the Trade Fair Complex,Farm Centre,Yankura Roundabout, Bachirawa and Panshekara all in Kano over the last 48 hours.
It is in view of the current fragile security situation in the country, which is occasioned by the criminal activities of Boko Haram, that all criminal and terrorist-infested areas and hideouts such as uncompleted buildings and abandoned projects are raided to fish out all illegal aliens, who have no visible means of livelihood or do not possess valid travel documents and could easily become willing tools of destabilization of peace and security in the country.
“This exercise, which is continuous is one of the ways the Service is contributing its quota to the enhancement of our national security, as all those found wanting would be repatriated immediately.”
It was gathered that the aliens who usually have no valid travel documents, engage in menial jobs in the state, and as such could be ready tools in the hands of mischief makers.
Apart from Nigeriens the most common illegal aliens in Kano are Senegalese, Malians, Sudanese, Chadians, Burkinabes and Somalis.
The exercise would go a long way in checking the current spate of violence in the country.
The Comptroller in charge of Kano Command, Emmanuel Ifeadi could not be reached for comment
The Immigration Service has launched a massive hunt for illegal immigrants in the country in the aftermath of the deadly activities of the Boko Haram sect.
The security agencies believe many members of the sect are foreigners.
Only on Friday,President Goodluck Jonathan sought the cooperation of Nigeria’s neighbours in checking the influx of illegal immigrants into the country.
The Kano State Command of the service acting on the directive of the Comptroller General of Immigration, Rose Uzoma effected the arrest of 183 such immigrants in Kano and deported 122 of them.
The remaining 61 are still being screened to ascertain their countries.
A similar directive has gone to other state commands of the organisation.
The immigrants were apprehended during raids by men of the Kano State command of the service at the Trade Fair Complex,Farm Centre,Yankura Roundabout, Bachirawa and Panshekara all in Kano over the last 48 hours.
It is in view of the current fragile security situation in the country, which is occasioned by the criminal activities of Boko Haram, that all criminal and terrorist-infested areas and hideouts such as uncompleted buildings and abandoned projects are raided to fish out all illegal aliens, who have no visible means of livelihood or do not possess valid travel documents and could easily become willing tools of destabilization of peace and security in the country.
“This exercise, which is continuous is one of the ways the Service is contributing its quota to the enhancement of our national security, as all those found wanting would be repatriated immediately.”
It was gathered that the aliens who usually have no valid travel documents, engage in menial jobs in the state, and as such could be ready tools in the hands of mischief makers.
Apart from Nigeriens the most common illegal aliens in Kano are Senegalese, Malians, Sudanese, Chadians, Burkinabes and Somalis.
The exercise would go a long way in checking the current spate of violence in the country.
The Comptroller in charge of Kano Command, Emmanuel Ifeadi could not be reached for comment
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