About 17 illegal aliens from Niger Republic were arrested and
summarily deported by the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria
Immigration Service (NIS) Thursday.
They were arrested in an uncompleted building in the Barnawa area of Kaduna metropolis following a tip off.
About 57 commercial motorcycle operators said to have migrated to Kaduna from the Federal Capital Territory and Kano were also arrested following the ban on commercial motorcycle operators in the city.
About 57 commercial motorcycle operators said to have migrated to Kaduna from the Federal Capital Territory and Kano were also arrested following the ban on commercial motorcycle operators in the city.
The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service in the state, Alhaji
Hamman Yerima, told journalists arrest came following a tip off from a
sister security agency.
He said even though no weapon was found on them, they attempted to resist arrest which led to the injury of one of his officers who went to effect their arrest.
At about 5.00am this morning (Thursday morning), my men carried out an
operation in some uncompleted building along Uganda Road in Barnawa and
arrested 77 persons suspected to be illegal immigrants.He said even though no weapon was found on them, they attempted to resist arrest which led to the injury of one of his officers who went to effect their arrest.
“After interrogation and screening, we discovered that 57 of them are
Nigerian who came from other places including Kano and the FCT to Kaduna
for their Okada businesses.
“We also discovered that the remaining 20 were from Niger Republic.
However, three of them were found to be in procession of valid ECOWAS
resident permit, while the remaining 17 have no documents at all.
“The 17 of them without proper documents will be deported this evening.
Those with valid papers will be counselled before they are released to
continue their legitimate business,” Yerima explained.
According to him, the immigration service was doing everything within
its powers and available resources to ensure that incidents of illegal
aliens is reduced to the barest minimum.
He noted that the porous nature of Nigerian borders has contributed to
the number of illegal migrants in the country, adding that everything
was being done to curb the trend.
Yerima appealed to landlords within the state to be wary of people who
rent their apartments including those who live in their uncompleted
buildings to ensure that illegal aliens have no hiding place.
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