One of the suspects named Shuaib Kaneda said that they usually
enter the country through the border by just paying someone N300 to
N500.
Shuaib revealed that he had spent eight years in Nigeria but had failed to get valid documents.
The 34-year-old Shuaib was apprehended with his relative, Idris, who unlike Shuaib had only been in the country barely one year.
Shuaib, who spoke in pidgin, said, “I have been here for about eight years now. I work as a loader and make between N1, 000 and N1, 500 a day. I use the money I make to feed my family in the Niger Republic. I am married and have two children and they are in Niger.
“I travel home every six or eight months. The people at the border see many of us when we come in. Sometimes, they collect N300 and other times, we give them N500 before we pass.”
The 34-year-old Shuaib was apprehended with his relative, Idris, who unlike Shuaib had only been in the country barely one year.
Shuaib, who spoke in pidgin, said, “I have been here for about eight years now. I work as a loader and make between N1, 000 and N1, 500 a day. I use the money I make to feed my family in the Niger Republic. I am married and have two children and they are in Niger.
“I travel home every six or eight months. The people at the border see many of us when we come in. Sometimes, they collect N300 and other times, we give them N500 before we pass.”
Idris also explained that they were in Nigeria to make money to send home.
Another suspect named Alimaru Saliade told reporters that he had entered the country by mixing with cows being transported into Nigeria.
Saliade, said in pidgin, “I followed cows to Lagos. I have been here for four years now and I have not been able to get my documents because I don’t have money.
Another suspect named Yaya said:“I was in my village and was not doing anything. So, my uncle asked me to come and work in Lagos and that was how I found myself here. My parents live in Ghana but we are from Niger,” he said.
Lagos state command public relations officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service said that these suspects were caught “constituting nuisance to residents”
Another suspect named Alimaru Saliade told reporters that he had entered the country by mixing with cows being transported into Nigeria.
Saliade, said in pidgin, “I followed cows to Lagos. I have been here for four years now and I have not been able to get my documents because I don’t have money.
Another suspect named Yaya said:“I was in my village and was not doing anything. So, my uncle asked me to come and work in Lagos and that was how I found myself here. My parents live in Ghana but we are from Niger,” he said.
Lagos state command public relations officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service said that these suspects were caught “constituting nuisance to residents”
He said, “We have a surveillance team that keeps a tab on
illegal immigrants in the state. When our men went out, they got them in
all manner of places. Some were caught around banks, others were found
sleeping under benches. Even fuel stations were not spared.
“In the Idumota area of the state for instance, we found that they have a room where they sleep. It is not clear whether they rented the apartment or somebody gave them the place. We introduced ourselves and arrested them; they never resisted.”
Niger Republic is Nigeria’s northern neighbour and has been blamed for constituting part of the terror sect Boko Haram.
“In the Idumota area of the state for instance, we found that they have a room where they sleep. It is not clear whether they rented the apartment or somebody gave them the place. We introduced ourselves and arrested them; they never resisted.”
Niger Republic is Nigeria’s northern neighbour and has been blamed for constituting part of the terror sect Boko Haram.
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