{"id":19952,"date":"2020-01-10T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19952"},"modified":"2020-01-10T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:24:10","slug":"nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Immigration probes bribery allegation at border checkpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ng\/\"> Nigeria Immigration Service<\/a> says it is set to investigate an allegation of bribery against its personnel along the nation\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of NIS, Sunday James, revealed this in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an online media had alleged that \u201cwith just N200 bribe per immigration checkpoint, illegal migrants were infiltrating Nigeria through Sokoto\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The report had alleged that NIS officials at patrol checkpoints on various Nigerian highways have indirectly \u2018legalised\u2019 illegal migration with their cash-for-pass attitudes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr James said the Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Muhammad Babandede, had assured that the alleged acts would be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering the gravity of the accusation, the CGI has ordered that a comprehensive investigation into the allegation be carried out and the recommendations immediately forwarded to his office for immediate action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr James said the progress made by the service was worthy of commendation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are yet to attain the peak and standard we are projecting to take the service as an elite service serving the greater majority of the country\u2019s elites and the international communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is pertinent to note that the NIS, under the leadership of Muhammad Babandede, is doing everything possible to rid the system of bad eggs who are giving the service bad name,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr James said the service would never join hands with perpetrators and allowed the good work of the service be destroyed by some unscrupulous elements painting the service bad.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the service would not relent on its effort, having recorded achievements on border control and migration management at various commands across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConscious of the existence of irregular migrants in the country, the service commenced e-registration of migrants into the country after President Muhammadu Buhari had given a deadline of January 2020 in line with the six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo fewer than 80,000 migrants have been registered in the migrants e-registration database since its inception in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c45,000 were irregular migrants representing 66 per cent of the total number of migrants registered, adding that 35,000 representing 34 per cent were regular migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe objective of the migrants\u2019 e-registration was to afford the Nigerian government the opportunity to know precisely the total number of migrants\u2019 residents in the country as well as their status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe migrants\u2019 data would also assist the government in sociopolitical and National demographic growth plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr James said that the service would investigate the authenticity of the video and fish out the unwanted elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout prejudice to the outcome of the investigation, the CGI wishes to assure members of the public that if any personnel are found to have been involved in the ignoble act, the culprit(s) will face the consequences as prescribed by the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He advised well-meaning Nigerians to report cases of extortion or any form of illegalities around the borders, as NIS would not hesitate to take appropriate actions against such officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Immigration Service says it is set to investigate an allegation of bribery against its personnel along the nation\u2019s borders. The Public Relations Officer of NIS, Sunday James, revealed this in a statement on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an online media had alleged that \u201cwith just N200 bribe per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[97,1234],"class_list":["post-19952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-buhari","tag-nigeria-immigration-service"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria Immigration probes bribery allegation at border checkpoints - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Immigration Service says it is set to investigate an allegation of bribery against its personnel along the nation\u2019s borders.The Public Relations\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria Immigration probes bribery allegation at border checkpoints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Immigration Service says it is set to investigate an allegation of bribery against its personnel along the nation\u2019s borders.The Public Relations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-10T15:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Nigeria-Immigration-Salary-Structure-201-1200x900-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria Immigration probes bribery allegation at border checkpoints\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-10T15:24:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\"},\"wordCount\":498,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Nigeria-Immigration-Salary-Structure-201-1200x900-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buhari\",\"Nigeria Immigration Service\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-immigration-probes-bribery-allegation-at-border-checkpoints\",\"name\":\"Nigeria Immigration probes bribery allegation at border checkpoints - 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