The development is contained in a statement issued on Friday morning and signed by Kenneth Kure, a Chief Supreintendent of Immigration at the Public Relations Unit of the NIS.
According to the statement, the decision was taken following the approval granted by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board , which reportedly noted that “the conducts of the personnel have remained grossly unbecoming and unacceptable as members of the Service.”NIS said the dismissal of the eight concerned officers followed the due process and laid down procedures backed by the law governing the agency.
“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 who has been demoted to the rank of Inspector of Immigration, two Inspectors who have been reduced in rank to Assistant Inspectors and six other junior personnel who have been ordered to lose their current ranks.
Earlier in October, a traveller, with the Twitter handle @derby__, narrated her ugly experience at the airport in Lagos, accusing some officials of the agency of extortion and bribery.
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