ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home Editorial

Checking the influx of illegal aliens

13th August 2016
in Editorial
0
Checking the influx of illegal aliens
4
SHARES
89
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The growing concern over the unbridled influx of illegal aliens into the country was recently brought to the fore with the warning from immigration authorities to Lagosians not to harbour illegal immigrants in their homes.  The Comptroller of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Lagos State, Mrs. Clara Okojie, issued the warning after the recent repatriation of 29 illegal immigrants from the state. She disclosed that the illegal aliens, who were mostly from Niger Republic, were arrested on Lagos Island and its environs. They were, after profiling, found to be without any of the travel documents required by Nigerian law and the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol.
While we appreciate the efforts of the Lagos Command of the NIS to rid the state of undesirable aliens, we cannot but add that the number of aliens repatriated is just a tip of the iceberg of illegal migration into the state and the country. Apart from Lagos Island where the 29 illegal aliens were arrested, many other parts of Lagos harbour undocumented aliens.
These unregistered aliens can be found in large numbers in Okokomaiko, Alaba Rago, Mazamaza, Oshodi, Oyingbo and many other parts of Lagos. Most of the okada riders, security guards and water hawkers operating in Lagos State today are illegal aliens from neigbhouring West African countries such as Benin Republic, Niger, Chad and Mali, just to mention a few. In fact, some of them have of recent been found to be involved in criminal activities such as robbery, kidnapping, murder and rape.
These illegal aliens are not at all restricted to Lagos State. They abound in other parts of the country, notably, Abuja and the Northern states. They can also be found in Southern cities like Asaba, Onitsha, Enugu, Aba, Calabar and Port Harcourt. This list is not exhaustive in any way.
We, therefore, urge the NIS and other security agencies to wake up and rise to the challenge of checking illegal migration into the country.  At this time that the nation is grappling with insecurity arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, herdsmen’s menace, kidnapping, robbery and militancy, it is necessary to check the influx of illegal aliens who can only compound these problems.
We do not think that the NIS is doing enough in this regard. All the security agents at our borders should wake up from slumber and properly police these entry points to keep aliens who do not have the necessary travel documents out of the country.
The way they have done this job so far has not been impressive. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, should be worried about this matter and do something urgently to arrest the ugly situation before it gets out of hand. The minister should take more than a passing interest in the unbridled influx of illegal aliens   in view of the nation’s mounting security challenges.
Our borders should be adequately patrolled to ward-off illegal aliens. These borders should not be avenues for corrupt security agents to make money from undocumented immigrants.  The Federal and state governments should also work in concert to secure all the entry points into the country.
Let the government commence an intensive and earnest operation to rid the country of illegal aliens. We recall that in 2013, the Federal Government repatriated not less than 19,000 illegal immigrants who were suspected to be fueling insurgency in parts of the country. There should be a repeat of that exercise because more and more illegal aliens are trooping into the country at great risk to   individual and national security.
The time has come for government to apprehend and repatriate these aliens. The Federal Government should also charge the agencies saddled with this task to sit up and do their work seriously and effectively.

sunnews

sunnews

Related Posts

Air strikes kill innocent locals, not bandits – Zamfara traditional rulers
Editorial

The Air Force plane crash and other matters

5th March 2021
Making schools safe for students
Editorial

Making schools safe for students

4th March 2021
Election tribunal: We’ll not argue with PDP – INEC
Editorial

Before the creation of additional polling units

3rd March 2021
Next Post
A thought for the police

Challenges of democratic governance in Nigeria (1)

(From ‘A Raging River’—Amara Van Lare’s Shocking New Book): The breaking of my virginity

PDP convention in PH dissolves NEC, sets up 7- man caretaker committee

Imo PDP stakeholders condemn repetition of state congress

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.94m

DisCos to replace faulty and obsolete meters – NERC

COVID-19: Gbajabiamila warns against playing politics with the vaccines in Nigeria

Heatwave: Physician urges Anambra residents on regular water intake

Pope arrives Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

Again, Northern elders raise the alarm over attack on Fulani herders in S’West

Trending

PDP ‘ll rescue Nigeria in 2023 – Wike
National

We would not stop in providing basic infrastructure for Rivers people – Wike

5th March 2021
0

From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has restated commitment of his administration to...

NAFIL trains 50 NCS personnel on military sewing

NAFIL trains 50 NCS personnel on military sewing

5th March 2021
Lalong

Lalong, a shining example in peace building, harmony in Nigeria – NIPR

5th March 2021
UK consulting firm urges African businesses to move beyond coping with COVID-19

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.94m

5th March 2021
Electricity: Don’t pay for power not supplied, NERC admonishes Nigerians

DisCos to replace faulty and obsolete meters – NERC

5th March 2021

Follow us on social media:

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist