Boko Haram: Federal Government Repatriates 3,185 Foreigners!

Federal Government has repatriated 3,185 foreigners due to growing concerns over affiliation between the Boko Haram sect and some foreign Islamic insurgents.

This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr Joachim Olumba, he further said the foreign nationals were deported after rigorous and enhanced screening at the nation's legal entry points, noting that the deportees included those whose presence in Nigeria was found to be inimical 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.