The Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 55 undocumented foreign nationals from Cameroon and Congo during an operation covering parts of Osun State, targeting suspected illegal immigrants who entered the country through unauthorised routes.
NIS Comptroller of Osun State Command, Akinyemi Morakinyo, said the arrests followed intelligence gathered by the command, which used the information to trace the migrants’ residence in the Owode Ede community before bringing them to command headquarters under directives from the Comptroller General’s office.
Speaking after parading the migrants, Morakinyo said the operation covered several locations across the state and that officers remain on the lookout for others who might still be hiding.
One of the migrants, Ismail Mohammed from Cameroon, told journalists he arrived in Osun State in February 2026 after being invited by a woman based in Chad to run an online business in the state.
The command said the exercise forms part of ongoing efforts to enforce immigration laws and clamp down on undocumented entry into the Southwest.
By Asiwaju Adekunle Saheed
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