Friday, July 6, 2012

Lagos govt arrests 191 suspected illegal aliens

LAGOS State government, on Thursday, said no fewer than 191 suspected illegal aliens have been arrested and handed over to the state command of the Nigerian immigration Service (NIS).
Disclosing this to the newsmen at the end of state security council meeting, chaired by the state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Abubakar Manko, said the raid was part of the efforts to secure the state and make it safe.
The police boss said the illegal aliens were fished out from the hundreds of suspected criminals so far arrested by security agents in the ongoing raid across the state, adding that profiling was still ongoing to identify the others.
“We had so many people arrested and we are still profiling them. Already, we have been able to identify about 191 illegal aliens that have been handed over to Immigration Service,” he said.
He urged the people of the state to be vigilant and report any strange faces or objects in their neighbour-hood to the security agencies.

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