No fewer than 115 illegal immigrants have been deported from Kano amid increased security after an attack on UN building, Abuja, an official said Monday.
Authorities, however, declined to comment on whether the deportations were linked to the August 26 bomb attack or other violence blamed on Boko Haram.
“We have so far repatriated 115 illegal aliens from five West African countries that have been staying without valid papers despite repeated calls for them to document their stay with the immigration service,” Umar Nasir, spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service in Kano, told AFP.
The expelled immigrants were from Niger, Chad, Togo, Cameroon and Benin, Nasir said.
“The repatriation exercise, which will be a continuous process, followed the expiration of the three-month window period granted all illegal aliens from the sub-region to legalise their stay by registering with the immigration service,” Nasir said.
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