The Osun State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has apprehended some illegal immigrants in the State.
While parading the illegal immigrants on Friday, the Osun State Comptroller of NIS, Mr. Chris Onunwor, said those apprehended will not be deported, but those who want to stay in the country must have their complete document.
He said the NIS will ensure that other nationals in the country will be made to have proper documentation if they want to continue to stay in the country.
“We know that there are nationals of other countries living in Nigeria and most of them are doing legitimate business but some came in through illegal routes.
“So we are carrying out mop up exercise all over the country to ensure that aliens do not participate in the forthcoming elections.
“They don’t have the right to participate in elections in Nigeria either by voting or by being used by some unscrupulous politicians to cause violence. We are working to ensure that the nationals of other countries do not participate in our elections.
“We want them to have proper documentation and with this we will be able to monitor their movement and activities. We are also calling on those harboring these illegal immigrants to bring them out for proper documentation,” he said.
Onunwor appealed to residents of the State to help the Command with useful information that will help identify illegal immigrants around their area.
He further noted that some of the foreigner’s fomenting trouble in the country had good intentions on entering the country, but were wrongly influenced by some bad groups they made contact with.
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