The Kano State Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Alhaji
Hamisu Maishanu, has said that the state command has arrested over 400
illegal immigrants in the metropolis, just as he said that the service
was set to repatriate 150 Nigeriens in the state.
Disclosing this on Saturday in Kano, the Comptroller said all those arrested would be screened.
He, however, added that about 150 Nigeriens to be repatriated to Niger Republic had been screened.
According to him, anyone found without relevant documents would be repatriated to his/her country with immediate effect.
Maishanu
said the exercise, which would be a continuous one in line with the new
leadership of the service under the Mr David Parradang, would flush out
illegal immigrants from the country.
He stated further that
“this is a mop up exercise of illegal immigrants to complement the
efforts of the federal government to restore peace in the some parts of
the north.”
“We will take the photographs and biometric data of
all those arrested, so that we can identify them when they return into
the country”. Maishanu said.
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