Immigration arrests 2 illegal Indian immigrants in Lagos
Two Indian nationals are currently cooling their heels in the custody of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Lagos for entering the country without proper documentation.
The Indians were intercepted by immigration officials at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, for illegally entering the country.
Lagos Airport Comptroller of the NIS, Abdullahi Usman stated that the two Indians both males were intercepted during the screening of Indian nationals that were to be evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.
The comptroller disclosed that while profiling the men, it was discovered that they entered Nigeria through the land border and had visa on arrival application approval which they failed to present to immigration officers at the border.
Usman further disclosed that the men had been in Benin Republic for a month as they had the stamp of that country dated February 9, when they left and entered Nigeria illegally as they did not present themselves for immigration checks at the border.
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He declared that the two Indians, aged 32 and 29 years respectively, would be prosecuted to serve as deterrence to others.
Meanwhile, 446 Indian nationals were evacuated from Nigeria at the weekend as part of the ongoing evacuation of foreign nationals as a result of the COVID -19 pandemic.
In a statement, the NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr. James Sunday said the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede warned migrants to desist from breaking immigration laws of countries of transit or destination to avoid sanctions for such offences.
