Two Indian nationals have been intercepted by the Lagos Airport Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS for illegally entering into Nigeria without proper documentation.
Lagos Airport NIS Comptroller, Abdullahi Usman who confirmed this stated that the 2 Indians both male were intercepted during the screening of Indian nationals that were been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.
Usman explained that while profiling the men it was discovered that they entered Nigeria through the land borders and had visa on arrival application approval which they failed to present to Immigration at the Seme border.
Usman further disclosed that the men had been In Cotonou, Benin Republic for a month as they had the stamp of that country dated 9th March 2020 when they left and entered Nigeria illegally as they did not present themselves for Immigration checks at the border.
Usman says the 2 Indians who are are 32 and 29 years old will be prosecuted according to the Nigeria Immigration laws.
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Meanwhile, 446 Indian nationals were evacuated from Nigeria Saturday as part of the ongoing operations to return foreign nationals to their countries as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
