Nigeria Immigration Service

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Nigeria: Immigration Seizes 6216 Nigeria's Voters Card, ID Cards ... (Arise News)

The clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming elections.

Idris, while noting that borders are usually closed during the elections to avoid incursion by foreigners and interruptions meant to destabilise the process, said the same would be done during the next elections on the orders of the President. The CG, who also used the occasion to brief the media, noted that non-Nigerians are not permitted to vote hence the agency is taking necessary measures to ensure the apprehension and easing out of the country of the arrested foreigners to prevention them from having anything to do with the nation’s elections. The clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming election, even as it revealed that plans are underway to close the borders during the elections and to continue to mop both the voters cards and the national identity cards from non-Nigerians.

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Immigration Seizes 6216 Nigeria's Voter, ID Cards from Foreigners (THISDAY Newspapers)

Michael Olugbode in Abuja. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized 6,216 voter cards and Nigeria's national identity cards from foreigners in a ...

Idris, while noting that borders are usually closed during the elections to avoid incursion by foreigners and interruptions meant to destabilise the process, said the same would be done during the next elections on the orders of the president. The CG, who also used the occasion to brief the media, noted that non-Nigerians are not permitted to vote hence, the agency is taking necessary measures to ensure the apprehension and easing out of the country the arrested foreigners to prevent them from having anything to do with the nation’s elections. The clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming election, even as it revealed that plans are underway to close the borders during the elections and to continue to mop up both the voter cards and the national identity cards from non-Nigerians.

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Nigerian Immigration seizes 6216 PVCs, National ID cards from ... (Daily Nigerian)

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has seized a total of 6,216 National Identity and Voter Cards from some migrants in 21 border states across the ...

He directed Divisional Immigration Officers across 774 local government areas to deepen surveillance and engagements with migrant communities to ensure that no migrant gets involved in the elections. Mr Jere said the 2022 Electoral Act and the 1999 Constitution had placed legal burden on all stakeholders in the electoral process, especially the NIS. Mr Jere said that the cards were seized in ongoing operations to ensure that migrants from neighbouring countries did not participate in the forthcoming general elections.

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Immigration seizes 6216 PVCs, national ID cards from migrants (Daily Post Nigeria)

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has seized a total of 6216 national identity cards and voter cards from some migrants in 21 border states across.

Jere said the 2022 Electoral Act and the 1999 Constitution had placed a legal burden on all stakeholders in the electoral process, especially the NIS. Jere said that the cards were seized in ongoing operations to ensure that migrants from neighbouring countries did not participate in the forthcoming general elections. The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has seized a total of 6,216 national identity cards and voter cards from some migrants in 21 border states across the country.

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Elections: NIS seizes 6000 PVCs, national identity cards from ... (The Punch)

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Wednesday in Abuja said it has seized 6216 permanent voter and national identity cards from migrants in 21 border states ...

“So some non-Nigerians who hold this document may display it at the polling unit and vote. “We all know that we are heading towards elections and the only means you can vote is through the voter card. The Nigeria Immigration Service on Wednesday in Abuja said it has seized 6,216 permanent voter and national identity cards from migrants in 21 border states nationwide.

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Nigeria's Immigration arrests illegal aliens, seize 6216 PVCs, ID cards (Ripples Nigeria)

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested scores of illegal immigrants from neighbouring nations and seized 6216 Permanent Voters' Cards (PVC) |

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NIS confiscates over 6000 PVCs, ID cards from foreigners (Businessday.ng)

Nigeria Immigration Service has intercepted and confiscated a total of 6216 Permanent Voter Cards and national identity cards from...

“The NIS have placed personnel on vigilance to ensure only eligible citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria participate in the electoral process. The NIS is adequately prepared to “Stoplist” any person found contravening electoral laws,” he said. He listed the states where they were intercepted to include Kebbi, Lagos, Ogun, Yobe, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Zamafara, Kwara, Kogi, Jigawa, Katsina, Edo, Cross River, Oyo, Taraba, Bauchi, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Nasarawa, and the Ilela border.

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Nigerian immigration vows to stop foreigners from partaking in 2023 ... (Nigerian Sketch)

Jere said this during an election retreat organised for NIS zonal coordinators and command comptrollers, on Wednesday, in Abuja. He said that the service would ...

Past elections in Nigeria have been alleged to have been flooded with foreigners who were not eligible to participate in the country’s polls. Share your thoughts on the story Nigerian immigration vows to stop foreigners from partaking in 2023 polls with Nigerian immigration vows to stop foreigners from partaking in 2023 polls

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Immigration Seizes 6216 Nigeria's Voters Cards, ID Cards from ... (THISDAY Newspapers)

Michael Olugbode in Abuja. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized 6,216 voter cards and Nigeria's national identity cards from foreigners in ...

The CG, who revealed that 3, 823 national identity cards and 2,381 voters cards were seized, disclosed that the NIS has reached out to NIMC to expunge the documentation of the imposters in its data bank to prevent their getting another ID cards and voters cards, noted that the INEC too would be contacted to remove their names from it’s register. This clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming election, even as it revealed that plans are underway to close the borders during the elections and to continue to mop both the voters cards and the national identity cards from non-Nigerians. The CG, who also used the occasion to brief the media, noted that non-Nigerians are not permitted to vote hence the agency is taking necessary measures to ensure the apprehension and easing out of the country of the arrested foreigners to prevention them from having anything to do with the nation’s elections.

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