Nigeria Immigration Service Deports 6 Britons For Violating Immigration Rules

The Nigeria Immigration Service has deported six Britons who were arrested last Saturday for violating immigration laws.

“I just arrived from abroad Monday and met this case. As I’m talking, yesterday in the evening, the company that employed those expatriates, after my discussion with them they are to be responsible for their air ticket. As I’m talking now I’m sure they have been flown out.” Comptroller- General of Immigrations, Martins Kure Abeshi said according to The Nation.

“One company employed them. They were in the services of that company, but they travelled out, when they were coming back, another employer gave them visa to come, which is against immigration law, it is against the law of the land. So their first employer complained about these expatiates, so it is an offence they have committed and we have ordered their deportation.

“When we conduct our operation and discover that someone who is not a Nigerian is living in this country illegally, he will be repatriated. That is on our own part, they have to go.

“There is another angle to it. If he is a worker, working in a company and we discover that he does not have papers to stay in this country, he has committed an offense against the state, the company that the expatriate is working will give us money; buy ticket or whatever is their responsibility.

“Before anybody takes an appointment here as an expatriate, the Organization will write to immigration that they are taking immigration responsibility for that expatriate.

“If that expatriate commits any offence against the company and they want to remove him, that company must provide ticket so that the person is removed from this country.”

The six Britons were arrested following on alleged breach of Nigeria laws especially sections of the Immigration Act, 2015 regulating expatriate quota.

The expatriates were working for GMT Energy Resources, contractors to EXXONMOBIL, a US International Oil Company (IOC) in Nigeria with headquarters in Houston, Texas. At the time of the arrest of the six expatriates they were engaged by GMT in a project for the IOC.

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Posted: at 3-02-2016 06:46 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

They try

Posted: at 3-02-2016 07:05 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie

1st time in r history of Naija. hope am not dreaming.....

Posted: at 3-02-2016 07:40 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Deporting them back to the poverty disease, bad givernment, poorly maintained schools and hospitals, and corruption in the UK.

I am surprised they agreed to leave Nigeria and not claim political asylum or refugee status!!!!

I am sure the UK government will not declare an emergency meeting and put sanctions in place against Nigeria.

Posted: at 3-02-2016 08:17 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Hmm, unbelievable

Posted: at 3-02-2016 10:30 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

So no be only for overseas,them dey deport people,hmmmm,Our giant of Africa don begin to deport too,lol.

Posted: at 3-02-2016 11:27 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

How true is this news poster because I never ever hear say Naija deport whitie,maybe them go hide them somewhere.

Posted: at 3-02-2016 12:02 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Once in how many yrs

Posted: at 3-02-2016 01:19 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Good. At least sanitation is now in dis country. To sanitise d country from all dis illegal oyibo wey think say naija na dumping ground for all jobless and dirty oyibo.

Posted: at 4-02-2016 04:43 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Nice move

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Posted: at 5-02-2016 12:34 AM (8 years ago) | Hero