The Kaduna State Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Liman Sani Kila, has disclosed that the security agency has arrested more than 1500 illegal immigrants in different parts of the state ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Mr. Sani Kila made the disclosure while talking to newsmen in Kaduna when he was parading the illegal immigrants at the command’s headquarters.
According to the Immigration boss, the illegal immigrants were armed with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and national identity cards issued from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
NIS investigation revealed that the immigrants were from Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Togo and even as far away as Senegal.
Kila stated that those arrested were undergoing profiling and would be deported to their various countries of origin.
He said that in a previous sting operation, the agency arrested more than one thousand illegal immigrants whereby in another operation, some 516 persons were arrested.
The Immigration boss further explained that in the last year’s mop up operations, the command retrieved 1,000 PVCs from illegal immigrants arrested within Kaduna Zone.
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ICYMI: Nigerian Immigration Service @nigimmigration arrested over 1500 illegal immigrants in @elrufai's Kaduna with PVCs and national identity cards.@PeterObi, @OselokaHObaze, @elombah, @ElombahTim, @Elopee2018, @michaelelombah, @MaaziEzeoke pic.twitter.com/fUlk6lXRjF
— Tim Elombah (@TimElombah) February 8, 2023
Meanwhile, the Immigration Service assured that the agency is ‘playing its part’ to secure the upcoming election during an ongoing “Nigeria Immigration Service’s Retreat on the 2023 General Elections.”
It tweeted that their “Oga At The Top” and Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Idris Jere, MFR is the Chairman and Chief Host of the retreat.
In a tweet on the Nigeria Immigration Service Twitter handle, @nigimmigration, it assured:
“Strategies are being discussed in ensuring that, within the ambient of the powers vested on us by the Law, our borders are secure and the 2023 Elections are crisis-free.”
See tweet below:
Strategies are being discussed in ensuring that, within the ambient of the powers vested on us by the Law, our borders are secure and the 2023 Elections are crisis-free.#NISDeyForYou 🫶
— Nigeria Immigration Service (@nigimmigration) February 8, 2023
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