Immigration Deports 82 Illegal Immigrants Found With Temporal Voter Cards

Keeping to its promise of repatriating foreigners caught meddling with next month's elections, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has sent packing, 82 Nigeriens, who were found with Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs).

The aliens were said to have been arrested during raids conducted by NIS officials across Lagos.

The suspects, it was learnt, had claimed they were from Borno State to register to vote.
They, however, claimed that they obtained the TVCs for the purpose of making money during elections from politicians.

Briefing reporters before the repatriation, the Comptroller, Immigration, Mrs Justina Ahmadu, reiterated her warning that foreigners should stay away from the elections.

She said that it (election) was strictly for Nigerians, noting that the service was bent on flushing illegal immigrants from the country for security reasons.

"I appeal to those employing them (aliens) to ensure they have their valid travel documents the moment they employ them. They should make sure they procure their resident cards for them in order to qualify them to stay legally in the country.

"All foreigners residing in Lagos should also know that the forthcoming election is Nigerians' affair and as such, they should not meddle into it," she said.

Some of the suspects disclosed that they have been in the country for about four years and were lured into registering by their counterparts who told them to pretend they were from Borno State.

Some of the aliens most of who could understand English gave their names as Mohammed, Idris, Kanaide, Mohammed, Musa and Shuaibu, adding that they came to Lagos in lorries that conveyed live cows.

Asked where they resided, the suspects said they lived under the bridges and shanties in different parts of the state before their arrest.

"I have been in Lagos for close to four years. I came into the country in a truck conveying cows. I supply water to residents who do not have access to boreholes.

"Many of us have temporary voter cards. We posed as Northerners because our names sound like theirs. Some of our friends told us we should get the cards, that we would be giving money during elections.

"But we were not able to get our Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) because we were afraid to go to the designated points since immigration officers visited regularly," said one Mohammed.

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SOURCE: TheNation
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