Nigerian Police arrested 84 illegal migrants

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said on Thursday that 84 illegal immigrants were apprehended within the Seme border axis during the week. The commissioner said the anti-border patrol team unit intercepted the illegal immigrants between January
9 and January 11. Owoseni, who spoke while addressing journalists, said the immigrants claimed they were travelling to Libya.

“The illegal immigrants claimed they are on their way to Libya, but the manner in which they appeared looked suspicious as they were being conveyed into waiting buses,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the police commissioner as saying on the matter.

Owoseni added that further investigation will be carried out while the illegal immigrants will be subsequently transferred to the Nigeria Immigration Service.

He said that police would not allow Lagos to be used as abode for criminal elements.