The Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has repatriated 1, 224 illegal immigrants in the last six months, the state Controller Alhaji Yarima Hamman, has said.
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Hamman said in interview on Thursday in Kaduna that the figure was higher than those repatriated in the whole of 2012, which was 1, 140.
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The controller said the arrests and repatriation followed "mop up operations by the command against illegal immigrants across the state".
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He said most of those arrested were residing in Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Zaria, Sabon Gari, Makarfi, Chikun and Kachia Local Government Areas.
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Hamman further said that most of the illegal immigrants were from Niger Republic and had entered Nigeria without valid documents.