The Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Services, NIS, in Cross River State, Mrs Funke Cecilia Adeuyi, has denied rumours that Immigration personnel in the command were extorting money from members of the public for job placement.
She denied the report while noting that about 730 illegal immigrants have been repatriated from the state this year.
She said, “From all I know nobody has come to me with such report. But we have been hearing rumours of fraudsters who hide under the canopy claiming to be immigration staff collecting money from people.
“There was a situation reported to us from the Nigerian Police and we realized that when we went there to identify the person, the person was not an immigration officer as he claimed and the police is handling that. So none of my officers is involved in such thing.
“For now there is nothing like Immigration recruitment anywhere. So members should not allow themselves to be deceived or duped by fraudsters who operate under so many guises and collect money from them under the guise that they will be given job.
“Any immigration that will take place in Immigration, there will be no monetary implication. Recruitment is free, open and will be well publicized.”
Adeuyi said the repatriated persons were mostly citizens of countries of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.
She further disclosed to reporters in Calabar that 39 have also been refused entry into the country for lack of proper travel documents within the period.
She also said one can collect his or her international passport less than 48 hours after application in the command.
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