Immigration Repartriates 712 illegal Immigrants In Delta State

         
The Nigerian Immigration Service in Delta State said it has arrested and  repatriated 712 illegal immigrants to their various countries.

The state Command Comptroller Mr Madu Musa, said “In our effort to control the influx of irregular immigrants in Delta State, we have embarked on this mop-up exercise across the length and breathe of the state to remove undocumented immigrants, this is a routine operation.

“As expected in an exercise of this nature, thousands of persons were apprehended, but after thorough screening, Nigerians and other legally resident foreigners were released, while 712 persons, (so far) have been confirmed as irregular immigrants (mainly of West African extraction) have been repatriated.”

“We shall continue so far as there are logistics support. The government of Delta State has greatly assisted the command with logistics support for this operation.” he added