₦airaland Forum

PRESS RELEASE NIS SANCTIONS TWO PERSONNEL AT THE LAGOS AIRPORT

The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris has approved the immediate removal of two operatives from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja for unprofessional conduct.

2. It would be recalled that a twitter user had on the 19. February 2022, alleged that her 14-year old daughter who was travelling out was extorted of some sums of money at the Lagos Airport. Upon receipt of the allegation, the Service via its Twitter Handle contacted the woman and assured her that the matter will be investigated. Consequently, the acting Comptroller General ordered a full investigation into the matter including a thorough check on the CCTV facility at the airport.

3. After diligent investigation by the committee headed by the Lagos Airport Comptroller of Immigration, CIS KN Nandap, two Personnel who attended to the passenger were found culpable of unprofessional action in the handling of the clearance process of the passenger.

4. They have been withdrawn from the airport and all former privileges as operatives at the airport stripped off them. They are currently undergoing necessary disciplinary procedures in line with the directives of the acting Comptroller General.

5. The acting Comptroller General while stressing his administration's zero tolerance for all forms of indecent conducts wishes to use this opportunity to enjoin members of the public to feel free to report all noticed instances of poor conducts by any member of the workforce for necessary actions. eSigned AMOS OKPU mnipr ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER OF IMMIGRATION SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR: ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION 18Th MARCH, 2022

Ikpopo:
So instead of prosecuting them for theft na this cover up be the punishment.Chai,why can't NATO just sanction us

oilmane:
Is that all? So they're banned from the airport and it ends there? So they can go to the sea port or border to continue their evil acts? The thieves should be paraded, dismissed, paraded again, charged to court and jailed, what the hell, a 14 years old? Are they so heartless? What happened to their conscience? Don't they have kids or siblings? The ICPC should please take this up, this shouldn't be allowed to slide.

Cantonese:
“ However, the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) has now identified the Immigration officials, forced them to refund the amount stolen and banned them from working in any airport in Nigeria”.

Just imagine that. How can corruption be stamped out with this. I thought the crooks should have been sacked immediately. Now they have been removed from the airport, banned from other airports and probably posted to the passport office where they can continue their corrupt acts.

Jagbajantis intete!

GardenOfGod:
That their statement implies that they are accomplice in the act, if not, such officials should be sacked immediately.

naptu2:
Note that it was FAAN that took action against the officers, but those officers do not work for FAAN; they work for the Immigration Service.

My 14 year old daughter, FOURTEEN, is traveling by herself.

Immigration took ALL her money before they let her go. They took money from a fucking 14 year. Didn’t even leave her with 1kobo or 1 thousand naira so she can buy food while she waits.
How WICKED!!!!
@FAAN_Official

I am so angry. A child!!!!!!! Why are you stealing money from a child! And you took all of it and didn’t let her call her mother?!!!

Whoever was involved, you will die in penury! Your joy will turn to ashes! You will plant seeds and harvest thorns that will tear your flesh!

I am stunned at the wickedness. A child!!! A bloody child!!!!

This's sad.We advise that you send a petition to the acting Comptroller General of Immigration Service,Headquarters Abuja via nis.pro@immigration.gov.ng. You may also copy @FAAN_Official.
Kindly indicate the airline,wing, time&airport. It'll be investigated, airports have cameras.

UPDATE: With respect to the case of a 14year old girl extorted by two Immigration officers at the Lagos Airport, FAAN's Aviation Security team, after reviewing the CCTV footages was able to identify the culprits.

2. Consequently, the officers were made to refund the exact amount collected from the passenger. Their On Duty Cards were withdrawn permanently and they have been banned from working in any Nigerian Airports.

3. We would like to commend the mother of the child, who escalated the case and assisted immensely in the course of our investigation.

PDP AND THE ROAD TO PERDITION.

Perfidy is the word. Dishonesty, injustice and insensitivity are the hallmarks of the current attitude of the PDP towards its own established policy of fairness and its celebrated mantra for equity and justice in the sharing of political offices through ZONING between the North and the south of the country.

This zoning policy had guaranteed stability and entrenched sense of belonging and equity within our polity. The efficacy of the zoning principle is so self evident that even rival political parties have adopted it as a political tool to ensure fairness and justice among their own membership.

For the avoidance of doubt, if muslim/Muslim or christian/ Christian Presidential tickets will not work in Nigeria, so will a northern President from any party, following an uninterrupted 8year rule by the current Predident, not work in 2023

But if the PDP, based on any presumptive consideration, choose the perilous and clearly unjust and inequitable path of throwing the Presidential ticket at its primaries open to all zones, then the PDP will finally through an unforced error have activated a self destruct political app and would have commenced an irreversible journey to Perdition.