A suspected illegal immigrant from the
Niger Republic, says many illegal immigrants usually entered Nigeria by
paying between N300 and N500 to unidentified persons. He added that he
had spent eight years in Nigeria, but could not acquire valid documents
before he was arrested by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service,
Lagos State Command.
The 34-year-old was among 82 illegal
immigrants paraded at the command’s office in Alagbon, Lagos. The
suspects were said to have been arrested at different parts of the Lagos
Island area after an intelligence report. The suspect was arrested
along with a relative, Idris, who had spent barely one year in the
country when he was caught.
The suspect, who spoke in pidgin, said,
“I have been here for about eight years now. I work as a loader and make
between N1, 000 and N1, 500 a day. I use the money I make to feed my
family in the Niger Republic. I am married and have two children and
they are in Niger. “I travel home every six or eight months. The people
at the border see many of us when we come in. Sometimes, they collect
N300 and other times, we give them N500 before we pass.”
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