FCTA to partner with Immigration over illegal immigrants

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged to work with the Nigeria Immigration Service to check the influx of illegal immigrants and squatters hiding away in some uncompleted buildings in and around the Federal Capital City, Abuja.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said this yesterday while receiving a delegation from the Nigeria Immigration Service, FCT Command, led by the Comptroller, Mr. Ahmed Yanda Ibrahim.

Malam Bello who noted that there were questionable persons residing in the FCT with no verifiable address or means of livelihood, said various checks by FCT Administration officials revealed that some of them were illegal immigrants.

“A few months ago, I discussed with the Comptroller-General with respect to his request to open a second passport office in Abuja and a place has been identified for you in Area 10; that place can be arranged to serve that purpose,” he said.

He further promised to allocate a befitting plot of land for the service to build its FCT Command in the Federal Capital City to enable it serve the residents better.

The FCT Command Comptroller appealed to the minister to give the command a new office in the Abuja metropolis as they now stay in Gwagwaglada while other state commands are situated in the capitals of the 36 states of the federation.

The comptroller also requested for new operational vehicles, as the two vehicles being used now are very old because they are about six years old.