Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has arrested 55 undocumented foreign nationals from Cameroon and Congo during an operation across parts of Osun State, South-West Nigeria.
NIS Comptroller of Osun State Command, Akinyemi Morakinyo said the exercise which covered different locations in the state targeted suspected illegal immigrants violating immigration laws.
Addressing journalists shortly after parading the migrants, Morakinyo, said the arrests followed intelligence available to the command, noting that the migrants came in through an unauthorised route
Akinyemi said through intelligence gathering the command was able to locate their residence and brought them to the command headquarters with the directive from the service headquarters through the NIS Comptroller-General.
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One of the migrants, Ismail Mohammed from Cameroon, said during an interview that he arrived in Osun State in February 2026 after being invited by a lady living in Chad to do online business in the state.
Akinyemi said some of the immigrants had taken up accommodation in Owode-Ede community, adding that the command was still on the lookout for others who might be hiding across the state.
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