The Abia state command of Nigerian Immigration, has deported
illegal immigrants to their countries of origin after a thorough search
revealed that they had no valid papers. According to the State Comptroller of
Immigration, Umuahia, Anthonia Opara, most of the illegal immigrants are
citizens of Niger Republic who entered the country illegally through the
borders.
Some of these illegal immigrants were arrested from the
cattle market at Lokpanta in Umunneochi Local Government Area, others from
Umuahia, Aba North Local Government, Ohafia, and they could speak the English
language except their indigenous language and a bit of Hausa which the
bilingual officers of immigration helped to interpret during interviews with
them.
One after the other, as their names were called out, they
were searched properly before entering the buses ready to take them back to
their country.
With the spate of insecurity and insurgency wrecking the
country, the need to be more careful and take close awareness of whom the
country’s neighbours are could have necessitated the move and the action taken
by the Nigerian Immigration to clamp down on the illegal immigrants who were
about 70 in number and were caught wandering about or doing menial jobs without
valid paper of identification or ECOWAS Permit.
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Good to See the immigration in Abia State Working well, Thanks To Gov. T.A Orji for keeping the state in a calm and conducive atmospher for the people of Abia and at large :)
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