Corr¥ption: Nigeria Immigration sacks 8 personnel, redeploys 100 from Lagos airport

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed eight of its personnel from the service while 18 others have been sanctioned for various offences relating to indiscipline, employment racketeering and other forms of corr¥pt practices.

The Comptroller General, Isah Idris, in a statement on Friday, November 1, added that a total of 100 personnel working at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have been deployed out of the airport with immediate effect.

The statement signed by Kenneth Kure, NIS spokesperson, revealed the decision was taken following the approval granted by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), which noted that the conduct of the personnel has grossly remained unbecoming and unacceptable as members of the service.

“After exhaustive deliberations by the committees, eight personnel comprising one chief superintendent of immigration (CSI), two deputy superintendents of immigration (DSI), two assistant superintendents of immigration II (ASI2) and three rank and file were summarily dismissed from the service.

Furthermore, one other chief superintendent of immigration was ordered to proceed on compulsory retirement while nine other personnel were demoted in rank.

They include one assistant superintendent of immigration II (ASI2) who has been demoted to the rank of inspector of immigration, two inspectors who have been reduced in rank to assistant inspectors and six other junior personnel who have been ordered to lose their current ranks.

Meanwhile, nine other personnel comprising one assistant superintendent of immigration II (ASI2) and eight junior personnel were issued warning letters just as six personnel were discharged and acquitted from all the allegations brought against them,” the statement reads.