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Illegal Migrants: Ogun Immigration arrests 60 Cameroonians, one Burkina-Faso

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 61 illegal migrants, comprising 60 Cameroonians and one Burkinabe in Ibafo and Sagamu areas of the state. 

The Ogunstate Comptroller of the Immigration Service, Olufunmilayo Olayemisi, in an interview noted that 51 others believed to be accomplices from Nigeria were also arrested. 

Parading the suspects at the command’s office along the Presidential Boulevard in the state capital, Olayemisi said the suspects were without valid travel documents.

She stated that the illegal migrants remained threats to national security and would be repatriated back to their countries of origin after due consultations with their countries. 

Akeem Adeyemi

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