The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service NIS, Mohammed Babandede, has announced the retrieval of diplomatic passports and other official travel documents from immediate past government officials.
Babandede had on assumption of office about two months ago, threatened to arrest former ministers, governors and others who served under the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan but refused to return such diplomatic documents since they left office over a year ago.
The CG, who spoke during an interaction with journalists in Abuja, maintained that the strategy to collect the passports from their holders at the borders would be sustained.
“Some of them have started returning the passports. The response has been very impressive, but I cannot immediately give you the number of those that have returned theirs,” he said.
Babandede said additional measures, including prosecution of defaulters, might also be considered
Babandede had on assumption of office about two months ago, threatened to arrest former ministers, governors and others who served under the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan but refused to return such diplomatic documents since they left office over a year ago.
The CG, who spoke during an interaction with journalists in Abuja, maintained that the strategy to collect the passports from their holders at the borders would be sustained.
“Some of them have started returning the passports. The response has been very impressive, but I cannot immediately give you the number of those that have returned theirs,” he said.
Babandede said additional measures, including prosecution of defaulters, might also be considered
