By barnabas Manyam (In Yola, Adamawa State)
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Adamawa State Command under the leadership of Comptroller Mohammed Falari Sani, have swooped on the Jimeta Shopping Complex and arresting about 25 illegal immigrants who were brought into the country because of elections.
Briefing newsmen at the Immigration headquarters in Yola, Adamawa state capital, the Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Ya'uba, said the command also arrested a recalcitrant Police Station officer who have been helping the illegal immigrants in their illegal activities.
Dependable sources revealed to NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper that the police officer in charge of the Jimeta Shopping Complex resisted the arrest of the illegal immigrants and he too was finally bundled to the cell of the Nigerian Immigration Service headquarters on Numan road in Jimeta, Adamawa State.
Mohammed Ya'uba pointed out that following a tip off that the shopping Complex was milling with illegal immigrants, they swooped on the areas arresting 10 Chadians, one Cameroonian, and 14 Nigeriens who came into the country illegally without any valid documents and were doing business at the shopping Complex for long before their eventual arrest.
He said on getting the information, the Nigerian Immigration Service conducted an investigation and moved to effect the arrest which was blocked by the Police Station Officer in the shopping complex who was allegedly using the illegal immigrants to do suspicious businesses.
Sources in the complex said the illegal immigrants where receiving special favours from the police officer who provided them with escorts and all round security.
Mohammed Ya'uba noted that only Immigration has the rights to determined who is an illegal immigrants or not but the police officer who also prevented arrest was later bundled into the NIS vehicle and driven off to the headquarters of the NIS on Jimeta- Numan road.
He called on the public to always reports to the NIS office if they suspect any illegal immigrants operating in the state.
Another source said last month, more than 2000 voters cards were identified in the hands of illegal immigrants and they were arrested and deported.
He said only in Nigeria that illegal immigrants come without valid documents and go about doing their illegal activities because some selfish Nigerians were behind them.
He called on the public to always look out for these illegal immigrants who have been causing security breaches in the country. NNL.
