The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Rilwan Musa has declared that the Immigration Service is devising strategies to operate a very stringent border regime to protect Nigeria from the insurgency issues and illegal migration that might occur from the crisis in Mali.
At his first press conference Wednesday since assuming office on
January 16th, Mr. Musa said Nigeria will run into terrible crisis if
proactive measures are not taken now to defend and protect her borders.
He revealed that immigration officers have been recalled from the
hinterlands to beef up security in key border areas that are flash
points such as Borno, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Katsina, among others, adding
that more strategies will be deployed soon.The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff recently stated that some members of Boko Haram sect that are staging insurgent attacks in Nigeria were trained in Mali, and that Nigeria’s intervention in that country is also aimed at tackling the issue.
Nigeria has deployed over 1,000 military officers to join the on-going international counter insurgency operations against the Islamists in the West African country.
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