A Pakistani illegal immigrant, Sahid Mahmood who was smuggled into Nigeria through a bush path in Etung, a Cross River border community with Cameroon, is being thoroughly screened by the Nigerian Immigration Service and other security agencies to ensure he is not on the wanted list of any country before he is repatriated.
The Cross River State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs Funke Adeuyi told news men in her office in Calabar yesterday that Sahid was smuggled on a motorcycle through a bush path into Etung, from where he went to Ikom and was on his way to Lagos when he was intercepted by border Immigration officials at Yahe in Yala Local Goveernment Area of the state.
“We are collaborating with other security agencies to thoroughly screen the man to ensure he is not on the wanted list of any country before he is sent back to his country, because we have to be vigilant during this critical time in the country. Why would somebody from Paskistan come into the country through bush path?” He queried.
Mrs Adeuyi said the man was arrested along with a Cameroonian accomplice, Nji Hagis Chi who said he met Sahid at the bus station in Ikom and decided to function as his guide to Lagos where he was going for an undisclosed reason.
“He was not found with anything incriminating but had enough hard currency on him to do anything he wanted to do. So, we are wary of his movement in Nigeria because he has no reason to be in this country,” she added.
She said the man only had documents that took him to the Duala Airport in Cameroon but was smuggled into Nigeria suspiciously. Therefore, thorough security checks would be carried out on him and his accomplice, (the Cameroonian) before they are repatriated to their countries.
According to her, there are several illegal routes through which people access the country and warned motorists to desist from aiding and abetting those who come into the country through illegal routes owing to obvious security risk.
The Cross River State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs Funke Adeuyi told news men in her office in Calabar yesterday that Sahid was smuggled on a motorcycle through a bush path into Etung, from where he went to Ikom and was on his way to Lagos when he was intercepted by border Immigration officials at Yahe in Yala Local Goveernment Area of the state.
“We are collaborating with other security agencies to thoroughly screen the man to ensure he is not on the wanted list of any country before he is sent back to his country, because we have to be vigilant during this critical time in the country. Why would somebody from Paskistan come into the country through bush path?” He queried.
Mrs Adeuyi said the man was arrested along with a Cameroonian accomplice, Nji Hagis Chi who said he met Sahid at the bus station in Ikom and decided to function as his guide to Lagos where he was going for an undisclosed reason.
“He was not found with anything incriminating but had enough hard currency on him to do anything he wanted to do. So, we are wary of his movement in Nigeria because he has no reason to be in this country,” she added.
She said the man only had documents that took him to the Duala Airport in Cameroon but was smuggled into Nigeria suspiciously. Therefore, thorough security checks would be carried out on him and his accomplice, (the Cameroonian) before they are repatriated to their countries.
According to her, there are several illegal routes through which people access the country and warned motorists to desist from aiding and abetting those who come into the country through illegal routes owing to obvious security risk.
Pakistani arrested for entering Nigeria through bush path
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