Nigerian Immigration Service Bars 4,916 From Travelling Abroad

                               

Due the the waves of terrorism in Nigeria and other part of the World, the Nigerian Immigration service said it  barred 4,916 person from travelling out of the country between January and March 2015.
Those stopped were suspected to be on their way to join International terrorist Groups in Syria, Iraq,such as ISIS and the Taliban.

NIS also said that 758 Nigerians were refused entry abroad while 1, 368 others were deported within the period.it said 12,152 foreigners were refused entry into Nigeria because they had no genuine reasons for visiting the country. The NIS said it prevented 18,555 Nigerians from leaving the country, according to passenger movement returns obtained from the service.

The NIS Public Relations Officer, Emeka Obua, in an interview on Monday said the organisation had intensified profiling of travellers as part of measures to check people going abroad to do things that are inimical to themselves and the image of the country.

It can be recalled recently Two Nigerian youths suspected to be on their way to Iraq to join the ISIS were arrested by the Indian security service last week after scaling a barbed wire fence near the international border.
The two youths from Kano State, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, were being detained by the Punjab Police in India.