Boko Haram has killed 400 Immigration Officers; 11 jailbreaks recorded in one year – Senate

No fewer than 400 Nigeria Immigration Service officers have been killed by the dreaded Boko Haram since it began it’s violent campaigns against the nation.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Bagudu Atiku, who made this disclosure on Monday in a chat with newsmen at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, said the figure was gotten from the Immigration and Prisons Services during the committee’s oversight functions.

The lawmaker added that in the last one year, the nation had witnessed no less than 11 jail breaks, a situation he described as worrisome.

According to him, “The Immigration Service lost over 400 personnel to the security challenges in the country. In the past one year, Nigeria has recorded 11 jail breaks. He appealed for more funding and equipment, saying that to tackle the porous routes in North Eastern part of the country, sophisticated arms and technology were required.

“We need to give more arms to the prison service. The prison service should not be considered a secondary arm of the security system, it is a major one.

Continuing, “Our border with Cameroon has always been a problem. Chadians coming to the northeast are always armed and use firearms, because chad had been in war.

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