As part of its efforts to ensure safety of Nigerian borders, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recently deployed over 2000 members of the Special Armed Elite Force to secure the national borders, especially the notorious areas infiltrated by illegal migrants and potential terrorists.
Disclosing this to journalists over the weekend in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro,
explained that such patrol of the most porous and vulnerable boundary areas of the north is key to improving security against the backdrop of Boko Haram terrorism.
According to him, the new border patrol unit will greatly enhance the protection of open, unprotected border areas by reducing the number of illegal immigrants who sneak into the country through unofficial routes.
“The 2000 specially trained border corps members are the first batch of about 10,000 officers expected to be trained in unique border patrol techniques to effectively protect the nation’s land borders.
“Apart from that the number of officers and men would be steadily raised to beef-up the force into a standard unit, in the New Year, and they will be assisted by modern surveillance equipment, including tracker helicopters to ensure water-tight protection of borders to effectively reduce illegal immigrants entering the country,” Moro stated.
