The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, has visited the Illela Border Control Post to ensure the effective implementation of the Federal Government's directive to temporarily close land borders with Niger Republic.
The aim of the visit was to evaluate the level of compliance with the closure and reinforce the importance of inter-agency collaboration and intelligence sharing. During the visit, the Acting CGI expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance observed at the Illela Border Control Post and expressed appreciation to the officers for their diligence in upholding the closure directives.
Acting CGI, Adepoju also reiterated her earlier directive to all Comptrollers of Commands in states bordering Niger Republic, emphasizing the need for unwavering adherence to the closure measures.
The visit was also an opportunity for the Acting CGI to visit the Usman Danfodio Teaching Hospital, where she interacted with injured personnel, victims of a bandit assault at the Mamman Suka checkpoint near Illela, an event that resulted in the tragic loss of two lives.
During the engagement, Adepoju extended her unwavering support and solidarity.
She pledged to provide assistance to the grieving families during this trying period and made a firm commitment to ensuring that the sacrifices of personnel would not be in vain, as all necessary resources to bring the bandits to justice will be deployed.
The Acting CGI further engaged with and received assurances of collaboration and support of the Sokoto state Governor, Ahmad Aliyu and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa'ad Abubakar III.
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