NIS PLATEAU COMMAND REPATRIATE ARRESTED MIGRANTS ..... Says Exercise Will Be Sustained
"The exercise which will be carried out at regular intervals in line with the mandate and vision of the Comptroller-General of Immigration Service in the area of National Security in the country." SI Adamu, PRO Plateau State Command.
The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS Plateau state Command in its continued determination to ensure that the control and management of undocumented migrants in the country is sustained, penultimate week (20th through the 23rd of August 2024) embarked on a cleansing exercise in the state where irregular migrants in the state were apprehended and profiled.
Making this known is the Comptroller of Immigration Service, Plateau State Command, CIS GC Nkangwung PCC in a statement issued and e-signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Command of the NIS, SI Thompson Adamu and made available to journalists.
According to the statement by SI Adamu, the profiled migrant were repatriated on Tuesday 27th August, 2024 to Niger Republic and Guinea via the Jibia Border Command and Seme Control Post.
The statement further disclosed that, "In the course of the raid, twenty four (22) Nigeriens and two (2) Guineans within the age range of 19 to 55 years old were caught, as they have been on the watch list of the Plateau State Command, of whom are part of a body who engage in illegal activities in the state.
"Amidst those apprehended, are drug dealers/sellers, political thugs, and those who engage in illegal activities within the state. It is important to state that these persons have no valid travel documents or resident permits." The statement read.
"The exercise which will be carried out at regular intervals in line with the mandate and vision of the Comptroller-General of Immigration Service in the area of National Security in the country.
"The Command acknowledges the assistant of the state government in the exercise." The statement concluded.
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