NIS Seizes 436 Voter Cards, 192 National ID Slips From Foreigners

The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Thursday, said it seized 436 voter cards and 192 National Identity slips from foreigners in the second and third quarters of the year.

The state Controller of Immigration, Mr Joshua Ajisafe, who stated this in Katsina, said 729 irregular migrants were repatriated by the command in the period under review.

Ajisafe spoke at the inauguration of the NIS operational border patrol base at Mazanya, a border community in Jibiya Local Government Area of the state.

He said the command also intercepted 10 suspected human traffickers and rescued 162 victims of human trafficking in the period under review.