The Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 376 illegal immigrants in Ogun State who are involved in fraudulent activities at different levels to swindle innocent Nigerians.
Following credible intelligence, they were arrested at their hideouts during a joint raid by service officers in the Ogun State Command and Zone A headquarters in the suburbs of Lambe/Ajuwon Akute area.
According to the comptroller of the Ogun State Command, Muhammed Akadri, their profiling revealed that 334 of them are Cameroonian, 27 Ghanaians, 1 Togolese and 26 Beninoise.
He further said there are 251 males and 125 females between the ages of 25 and 30.
It was also gathered that all the foreigners gained access to the country through unauthorised entry points, and none presented residence cards or any form of travelling documents after interrogation.
Akadri also revealed that the comptroller general of the Immigration Service, Kemi Nanna Nandap, has ordered the necessary steps to repatriate them back to their countries of origin.
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