400 illegal immigrants arrested in Kano

The Nigerian Immigration Service says it has arrested more than 400 suspected illegal immigrants in Kano metropolis.

The Comptroller of Immigration, Kano State command, Alhaji Hamisu Maishanu, who disclosed this on Saturday stated that all those arrested would be screened and those without relevant documents would be repatriated to their countries.

Maishanu disclosed that the exercise would continue to ensure that all illegal immigrants were flushed out of the country.

According to him, “this is a mop up exercise of illegal immigrants to complement what the Federal Government is doing in the states currently under emergency rule.


 
“We will take the photographs and biometric data of all those arrested so that we can identify them if they return into the country again”.

Maishanu warned that any repatriated person, who returns without proper documents, would be arrested and prosecuted, stressing that the exercise would be extended to the 44 local government areas of the state.

The Immigration boss advised the people not to panic on seeing security men on patrol as the exercise was meant to ensure security of lives and property.

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