The spokesperson of the Command and a Superintendent of Police, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday
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Moro, who currently represents Benue South Senatorial District, made the disclosure before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja, while being led in evidence by his lawyer, Paul Erokoro, SAN, as first defence witness (DW1) in the ongoing case against him.
He said the directive was given to the service late on Saturday as the country needed to resume activities within and across its land borders which had been closed since Wednesday
NAN also recalls that in March, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in a statement announced the setting up of a committee to assist the Paramilitary Board in conducting a fresh exercise
Haruna said the service arrested 170 illegal immigrants, out of which 80 were screened and ascertained that they had no genuine permits to live in Nigeria
Parradang spoke on Thursday just as Moro said that the decision of the ministry to engage a consultant for its recruitment exercise was in accordance with legal workings of government
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
These decisions, alongside another that offers employment to the relatives of the over 20 dead victims and those injured during the exercise on Saturday, were taken at the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday
The meeting with the President lasted for about 45 minutes
Making the call in a statement, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, through the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, also demanded the immediate dismissal of the top officials of the Nigerian Immigration Services and the Federal Ministry of Interior, including the minister and permanent Secretary
He said that government carried out the repatriation because many Nigerians abroad could not make ends meet and had no source of income, which made living difficult while others were in countries being ravaged by conflicts
It also said that passports for 18 to 60 year-olds would go for N15,000 while those for people below 18 years as well as 60 years and above would be procured at N8,750