Nigeria Immigration dismisses eight personnel for alleged corrupt practices

Eight employees of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were discharged from the company due to alleged corrupt behaviour.

18 other people received sanctions from the service for misbehaviour of various kinds.

This was stated in a statement released on Friday by the NIS’s Public Relations Division and signed by Kenneth Kure, Chief Superintendent of Immigration.

The statement further mentioned that more than 100 immigration officials who had previously been assigned to Lagos’ Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) had been transferred to other divisions and departments while a recent allegation of bribery against them was being investigated.

The statement read in part: “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 (6) 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 (8) junior personnel were issued warning letters just as six personnel were discharged and acquitted from all the allegations brought against them.”