The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in charge of the Jibia Special Border Command in Katsina State, Mustapha Sani, has cautioned Nigerians against travelling to Niger Republic.
Heraldviews reports that this is coming due
to the crisis in the Niger Republic following a coup d’etat in the country.
Mustapha made this known on Thursday in a
joint celebration with the Katsina State Command of the NIS to commemorate the
service at 60.
“Nigerians should stay at home and not
attempt to go to the Niger Republic until the embargo is lifted. And we are
determined to return any Nigerien we catch who is planning to come to this
country,” he said.
According to him, the Service is deploying
men to man the Katsina border to help curtail illegal movement from the Niger
Republic.
“Despite the fact that we are divided by
colonial masters, we share certain things in common like religion and culture,
and that doesn’t guarantee them to enter Nigeria without valid documents,” he
added.
“We have already put our officers on alert
and we have already deployed some to go and man the orthodox routes through
which some of the foreigners use to enter into Nigeria and from what we have on
the ground, we know it will be impossible for them to enter into Nigeria.
“We have already stationed our officers at
strategic places for stop and search as usual.”
In his remarks, the Comptroller in charge of
the Katsina Command of the NIS, Muhammad Adamu, said tremendous achievements
have been recorded by the Command in border management in terms of patrolling
the irregular and porous land borders.
“So we are here to jointly celebrate and
enlighten people about what we have been doing especially in Katsina State. We
will put more effort to record much bigger achievements,” he noted.
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