SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, (THEWILL) – The Comptroller of the Kwara State command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Ms Abimbola Abiodun-Ojo says the command had arrested 47 Nigeriens who were residing in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state without having valid documents to reside in Nigeria.
She spoke on Friday through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Daniel Adeyemi, stressing that such illegal immigrants posed a threat to the society adding that they were later repatriated to Niger Republic.
Abiodun-Ojo commended members of the public who provided intelligence to the command and urged them to continue to make available necessary information to security agencies, especially when they see influx of new faces in their neighbourhood.
She stated that the information would assist security agencies in the performance of their job and enhance safety of lives and property in the state.
According to the Comptroller, “Following a tip-off that was made available to us, we sent our men on intelligence gathering. We were able to find out that there were some non-Nigerians residing in Kaiama LGA, specifically at Budo-Sunde-Kinikini. We went for a raid and were able to arrest about 47 Nigeriens, nine males, 11 females and 27 minors.
“We went there for the raid and after the raid, we had to do profiling and screening. We actually invited the Department of State Services to join us in the screening. We discovered that they did not have proper documents to reside in the country. They came in through illegal means. That was why we eased them out of the country.”
