Niger Coup D’etat: Immigration Sends Crucial Message to Nigerians
- Nigerians have been warned against travelling to the Niger Republic following the coup d’etat in the country
- The comptroller in charge of the Jibia Special Border Command, Katsina State, Mustapha Sani, gave the warning to Nigerians
- A crisis has been rocking the Niger Republic following the dramatic coup that has resulted in sanctions from ECOWAS
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Katsina state - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) warned Nigerians against travelling to the Niger Republic following an unprecedented coup d’etat that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.
The comptroller in charge of the Jibia Special Border Command, Katsina State, Mustapha Sani, gave the warning on Thursday in a joint celebration to commemorate the service at 60, Channels TV reported.
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“Nigerians should stay at home and not attempt to go to the Niger Republic until the embargo is lifted. And we are determined to return any Nigerien we catch who is planning to come to this country.”
Immigration officers deploy to secure borders
Sani disclosed that officers are been deployed at the Katsina border to help curtail illegal movement from the Niger Republic.
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“Despite the fact that we are divided by colonial masters, we share certain things in common like religion and culture, and that doesn’t guarantee them to enter Nigeria without valid documents,”
“We have already put our officers on alert and we have already deployed some to go and man the orthodox routes through which some of the foreigners use to enter into Nigeria, and from what we have on the ground, we know it will be impossible for them to enter into Nigeria.
“We have already stationed our officers at strategic places for stop and search as usual.”
President Tinubu dispatches delegation to Niger Republic, details emerge
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Chairman of the (Economic Community of West African States) ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has dispatched a delegation to the Niger Republic.
Tinubu urged the delegation to expeditiously resolve the current political impasse in the Niger Republic following the unprecedented coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum from office.
Coup D’état: Shehu Sani predicts outcome of Abdulsallami-led ECOWAS delegation to Niger
Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has predicted the outcome of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) diplomatic team led by Nigerian ex-Head of State General Abdulsallami Abubakar to the Niger Republic following the unprecedented coup in the country.
Sani said the diplomatic move was commendable, and he is optimistic about the team resolving the problem in Niger.
Coup D’état: Ex-Nigerian President leads ECOWAS delegates to Niger for negotiation
Former Nigeria’s military head of state Alhaji Abdulsalami Abubakar has led a delegate of top ECOWAS leaders to Niamey, Niger’s capital, for a peace talk following the unprecedented July coup.
The Abdulsalami-led delegates arrived the Niger’s capital on Wednesday, August 2.
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