Troops arrest 24 foreign nationals in Lagos hideout raid

As portion of ongoing efforts to escaped the 81 Division Area of Responsibility (AOR) of transgression elements, amerciable immigrants and different information threats, troops of 65 Battalion person arrested 24 overseas nationals during a coordinated raid connected a suspected hideout successful Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, disclosed this successful a statement.

According to the statement, troops of the battalion, successful conjunction with members of the Vigilante Group, raided a secluded fenced compound astatine Imokun successful the Odo-Noforija/Poka axis of Epe and arrested the 24 overseas nationals.

“During the operation, 24 overseas nationals comprising 15 males and 9 females were apprehended,” it said.

The connection said preliminary profiling revealed that the suspects are nationals of assorted West and Central African countries, comprising 10 Cameroonians, six Togolese, 3 Ivorians, 3 nationals of the Republic of Benin, 1 Burkinabè and 1 Guinea-Bissau national.

It said archetypal investigations were conducted to ascertain the suspects’ migration status, intent of enactment and imaginable engagement successful immoderate unlawful activities.

“Efforts are besides underway to place and question the proprietor of the premises to supply further penetration into the circumstances surrounding their residence and activities at...