NIS Arrests 40 Illegal Immigrants In Calabar

The Nigeria Immigration
Service (NIS) in Cross River, says it has arrested 40 illegal immigrants who entered the country without valid travelling documents.
Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Mrs Funke Adeuyi, made this known while parading the illegal immigrants before newsmen at the immigration office in Calabar.
Adeuyi said that the arrest was part of the activities of the NIS to raid illegal immigrants out of Nigeria.
“These illegal immigrants were arrested on Monday February  9 by the intelligence group of the NIS at different locations in the state.
“We have thoroughly screened and profiled them. We have also identified those ones that are not here with their valid travelling documents.
“At the end of the day, we have been able to identify 40 of them and they will be leaving the country as soon as possible.
“Out of the 40 of them, 12 are from Mali, 10 from Burkina Faso, six from Niger Republic, five from Guinea, three from Senegal and four from Cameroon,’’ she said.
The comptroller said those arrested were jobless and roaming the streets of Calabar without good means of livelihood.
She lauded the effort of the Comptroller General of NIS, Mr David Parradang, for equipping immigration personnel to fight human trafficking, child labour and illegal migrants.
Adeuyi reiterated the commitment of the command to monitor the nooks and crannies of the state to ensure peace and safety.
“Nigeria society is open to law abiding and ECOWAS nationals who get into this country with their valid papers, but at any time we find any illegal ones, we will send them back,” she said.
She advised residents to be cautious of illegal persons around them and report same to security agencies for prompt action.

Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, thanking God for her achievements as a Commissioner, at a Thanksgiving Service of the Ministry of Information and Communications in Port Harcourt, yesterday.