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The immigration office in the Lagos State Command, Ikoyi, is in shock as the Acting comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isa Idris, on Monday, disguised as an applicant for an international passport at the agency\u2019s office.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This move led to the arrest of some corrupt personnel who offered to engage in shady deals with him.<\/p>\n

Idris, said he decided to walk in unannounced in order to gain firsthand experience of what Nigerians are going through \u201cin the hands of unscrupulous officers of NIS.\u201d<\/p>\n

The acting CG said when he assumed office in September, he had pledged to tackle three things including addressing the challenges faced by Nigerians in their efforts to procure international passports, enhance border security and improve workers\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n

He said his unscheduled visit to Ikoyi on Monday was to confirm the allegations against officers of the immigration offices in Lagos State including Ikoyi, Ikeja and FESTAC town.<\/p>\n

He said when he approached the officers at the Ikoyi command, he was given various high prices for the different categories of passports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I approached the officers, they offered me the menu without recognising me. They said 32 pages of the international passport for five years would cost me N45,000 instead of N27,000. They said 64 pages for five years would cost me N55,000 instead of N37,000 and N95,000 for 64 pages for 10 years instead of N72,000.<\/p>\n

” I was asked where I was from and I said Niger State. They also asked me if I had a letter of indigeneship and other documents and I said I didn\u2019t have anyone. So, they said they would collect N3,500 to provide all the documents for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The immigration boss said as of the time of speaking to our reporter on the phone, the officers were yet to know who he was, and that the Comptroller for Lagos Command of the service, Bauchi Aliyu, was surprised when he eventually showed up in his office.<\/p>\n

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