The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun State Command, has intercepted 61 illegal migrants, including 60 Cameroonians and a Burkinabe in Ibafo and Sagamu areas of the state.
The command also arrested 51 Nigerians said to be accomplices during the operation.
The state controller, Bosede Olufunmilayo Olayemisi, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the command’s office in Abeokuta.
She said the illegal migrants remain threats to national security and would be repatriated to their countries of origin after due consultations with their countries.
She hinted that 33 Togolese were earlier arrested and repatriated to their country.
