News: Immigration service arrest 120 Nigeriens in Kwara #WilkeyPerkins Blog

The Nigeria Immigration Service,Kwara State Command has confirmed that it has deported 120 irregular immigrants to their various countries.

The Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, Mr. Adeyemi Adesola who disclosed this in Ilorin while speaking with Journalists on Thursday said many of them were from Benin Republic, Niger Republic and were arrested in Offa and Kaima towns respectively.

He said: “It is our usual mop-up exercise. Periodically we go in the state and make sure that we rid illegal or irregular immigrants in the state.

“We have 120 of them. 23 from Benin Republic, 97 from Niger Republic.

This morning our men went out on our usual raid, and they were able to fish out these ones in Offa, Kaiama and Ilorin. Also coincidentally this morning during the raid in Ilorin, we noticed a lorry conveying about 46 passengers suspected to be Nigeriens. They moved in, intercepted the vehicle and at the end of the day, our profiling revealed that they are truly from Niger.”

The Command spokesman who said the suspected Immigrants did not have their travel documents, added that the mop up was a routine of the Command to ensure that the state was free of irregular immigrants.

Adesola said that 46 of irregular immigrants were from Katsina and they were on their way to Osun State.

“During our raid this morning, coincidentally we pounced on them and discovered that they are none Nigerian. From our profiling, some of them are going their for the first time and some have been there for a while, not up to a year. They have been doing menial jobs. Those going for the first time also claimed that they were going to do menial jobs. But we are ready to make sure that we

return them back to their countries.”