{"id":86217,"date":"2021-09-22T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T08:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86217"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T08:16:39","slug":"arrest-criminal-immigrants-in-abia-ikpeazu-tasks-immigration-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/arrest-criminal-immigrants-in-abia-ikpeazu-tasks-immigration-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest criminal immigrants in Abia, Ikpeazu tasks Immigration Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m8122\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has tasked the Nigeria Immigration Service and Military and para-military formations to arrest criminal immigrants whose activities have become inimical to the state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Ikpeazu\u00a0who made the call at Government House, Umuahia , when he received a delegation of the Deputy Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), Mrs Anthonia Opara, noted that these illegal immigrants, especially from Chad and Niger Republics have continued to perpetrate criminal activities\u00a0 along the Lokpanta and Isuikwuato areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Governor, \u201cI have received credible intelligence on the criminal activities of the gang and will share the intelligence with the Nigeria Immigration Service Command in Abia State, since a good number of these criminals are not Nigerians. The victims of the criminal activities of these people include students and lecturers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the government will continue to support the Immigration Service in the state to continue to carry out its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor also congratulated Mrs Anthonia Opara, who is a former Comptroller of Immigrations in Abia State on her elevation to the position of Deputy Comptroller General of Immigrations and commended the Acting Comptroller General and the Minister of Interior for restoring the Abia Command of Immigration Service after the command was vandalized by unknown gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in her speech, the Deputy Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, in charge of Migration at the Headquarters of the Service, Mrs Anthonia Opara thanked the Governor for his support to the Abia Command of Service and further urged him to assist them in providing operational vehicles to enable the service carry out hei operations effectively in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Opara noted that the State Government had rehabilitated the State Command of the Immigration Service and assured him of the continued partnership of the Nigeria Immigration Service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has tasked the Nigeria Immigration Service and Military and para-military formations to arrest criminal immigrants whose activities have become inimical to the state.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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