Police arrest 109 for illegal entry into Nigeria, hand them over to NIS
By Ibrahim Adeleke
No fewer than 109 foreigners from Benin Republic have been arrested by operatives of the Gombe State Police Command for alleged illegal entry into Nigeria.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ishola Babaita, who made this known to journalists, said that the suspects had been handed to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for necessary actions.
Babaita said that the suspects were brought into the state in three buses from Benin Republic, with the support of their Nigerian allies.
According to him, the foreigners upon interrogation, claimed they are members of QNET, an online networking scheme.
Babaita said, “On the 18th January 2022 the command received information that three hummer buses brought some groups of young men numbering 109.
“Immediately, police operatives in synergy with DSS were dispatched to the scene and the people were invited to DSS facility where they were interrogated and later two Nigerians Abdullahi Yusuf Adamu, 26 years of Jekadafari, Gombe State and Jasper Jacob, 33 years old of Taraba but based in Jekadafari, Gombe State were transferred to police for information and possible prosecution.”
He called on the public to be wary of illicit businesses, assuring that all the suspects would be charged to court.
