NIS arrests 55 illegal migrants from Cameroon, Congo in Osun

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Osun State Command, has arrested 55 migrants from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo for allegedly entering the authorities done unauthorised routes and staying without valid question documents.

The migrants were paraded successful Osogbo on Friday following their apprehension astatine antithetic locations crossed the state.

Speaking to journalists aft the exercise, the Osun State Comptroller of Immigration, Ibrahim Akinyemi, said the arrests were carried retired based connected quality received by the command.

Akinyemi described the suspects arsenic irregular migrants and said the workout was portion of efforts to place foreigners residing successful and operating businesses successful the authorities without the required migration documentation.

“These radical are astir 55. They are irregular migrants. They were arrested and brought present for repatriation. They came successful done an unauthorised route. So, their enactment present has go a superior nuisance,” helium said.

According to him, migration officials traced the migrants to their assorted locations aft gathering quality and subsequently brought them to the bid office connected the directive of the NIS office done the Comptroller-General.

He said the workout was lone the beginning, adding that the migrants would acquisition profi...