Immigration repatriates 730 illegal immigrants in Cross Rivers

The Cross River State Comptroller of Im­migration, Funke Adeuyi, has said that about 730 illegal immi­grants have been repa­triated to their various countries of origin in­cluding Niger, Chad and Cameroon over their in­ability to show travel doc­uments and/ or expiration of same between January and April this year.

Adeuyi further said that the Command within the period under review re­fused 39 f ECOWAS na­tionals entry into the State due to defective travel documents and other re­lated offences.

The immigration boss made these disclosures to The AUTHORITY in Calabar, while reacting to the recent kidnap of five expatriates and the in­volvement of her office in the rescue of the victims made up of three Austra­lian, one South African, and one New Zealand na­tionals.

She dismissed the al­leged involvement of some of her officers in the recruitment scam into the Immigration Service, adding that the matter has been reported to the po­lice.

“None of my officers has been brought to my notice as being involved in the alleged recruitment scam. I am aware that the matter has been reported to the police, it may inter­est you to know that the alleged fraudster is not an immigration officer. Some people allow themselves to be duped because there is no recruitment going on. So people should be conscious of the presence of fraudsters everywhere and should be careful not to fall victim.

“I want to use this me­dium to advise the public not to allow themselves to be duped by fraudsters. Recruitment is free even when it is being done”, she stated.