The Federal Government has said it apprehended at least 10 persons on INTERPOL’s watch list while entering Nigeria
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, revealed this to President Bola Tinubu at the unveiling of the Technology Innovation Complex, at the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Tinubu was in Sauka to unveil the Data Complex comprising the Command and Control Centre (regular migration), NIS Data Centre, ECOWAS Biometric Card Production Centre, Interior Data Centre and a 0.5KW solar power plant.
Tunji-Ojo said the newly installed facility will ascertain the risk level of persons entering the country, detect irregular migration patterns and monitor unmanned borders in hard-to-reach areas nationwide.
“In the last couple of days, there were 10 people who were on the INTERPOL and immigration wanted list who were apprehended in one week.
“Before now, those people would have entered Nigeria, causing terror. But we have now told them that under the new leadership, Nigeria is a no-go area for any criminal element,” he explained.
Tunji-Ojo said aside from an installed solar power plant of 0.5KWs, 250 trained officers maintain eight-hour shifts to monitor the borders round the clock.
“We decided to do an end-to-end solution. One that has an energy solution to power this facility. The 0.5KW solar power plant is 100 per cent ready here and it has been connected to the facility to power it.
“Also, the human factor is fundamental because you can build a structure, but how about the human element?
“What we’ve been able to do is to train 250 officers. As I speak, we run shifts of eight hours three times a day which is 24/7 surveillance,” he added.
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