Nigeria’s Immigration Service
(NIS) has recently deployed
over 2000 members of the
Special Armed Elite Force to
secure the national borders,
especially the notorious areas
infiltrated by illegal migrants
and potential terrorists.
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior
Abba Moro told journalists in
Abuja that such patrol of the
most porous and vulnerable
boundary areas of the north
was key to improving security
against the backdrop of Boko
Haram terrorism.
He explained that the new
border patrol unit will greatly
enhance the protection of
open, unprotected border
areas by reducing the number
of illegal immigrants who
sneak into the country
through unofficial routes.
“The 2000 specially trained
border corps members are the
first batch of about 10,000
officers expected to be trained
in unique border patrol
techniques to effectively
protect the nation’s land
borders.
“Apart from that the number of
officers and men would be
steadily raised to beef-up the
force into a standard unit, in
the New Year, and they will be
assisted by modern
surveillance equipment,
including tracker helicopters
to ensure water-tight
protection of borders to
effectively reduce illegal
immigrants entering the
country,” Moro stated.