By David Kabiyesi
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has told Nigerians to suspend their trips to Niger Republic for now as relationship between the two neighbour took a new turn for the worse.
NIS Comptroller in charge of the Jibia Special Border Command, Katsina State, Mustapha Sani, issued the warning on Thursday.
“Despite the fact that we are divided by colonial masters, we share certain things in common like religion and culture, and that doesn’t guarantee them to enter Nigeria without valid documents,” Sani added.
“We have already put our officers on alert and we have already deployed some to go and man the orthodox routes through which some of the foreigners use to enter into Nigeria.
“And from what we have on the ground, we know it will be impossible for them to enter into Nigeria because we have already stationed our officers at strategic places for stop and search as usual.”
According to him, the Service is deploying men to man the Katsina border in its bid to help curtail illegal movement from the Niger Republic.
“Despite the fact that we are divided by colonial masters, we share certain things in common like religion and culture, and that doesn’t guarantee them to enter Nigeria without valid documents,” Sani added.
“We have already put our officers on alert and we have already deployed some to go and man the orthodox routes through which some of the foreigners use to enter into Nigeria.
“And from what we have on the ground, we know it will be impossible for them to enter into Nigeria because we have already stationed our officers at strategic places for stop and search as usual.” he said
