Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Nigeria Deported 3,185 Foriegners Over Boko Haram....August 17, 2011



Deporting Of Foreigners From
Nigeria Over Boko Haram
Affiliation
.
Nigerian Federal Government
has deported 3,185 foreign
people because of increasing
worries over connection
between the Boko Haram sect
and several foreign Islamic
insurgents.
It was unveiled by the Public Relation Officer
of Nigerian Immigration
Service, Mr Joachim Olumba,
that the foreigners were
deported after intense screening
process at the country’s
authorized entry points, noting
that the deportees included
those whose existence in
Nigeria was discovered to be
hostile to national security.
As a result, 31 Somalis and 382
Sudanese had been screened
and had been established to be
legal residents in Nigeria and
legally engaged in the country