The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, is engaging traditional rulers in various states to curb transborder crimes across the country .
The Service Public Relations Officer, Comptroller of Immigration, Tony Akuneme, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that Nigeria had extensive borders necessitating the deployment of afequate manpower and technology.
He disclosed that the service has employed MIDAS technology for border monitoring and surveillance. The system is powered by foreign countries helping NIS to ensure that the borders were tight and under control.
He said NIS has taken a step further to visit traditional rulers in the border communities as part of efforts to curb transborder crimes.
“We have visited a couple of the Obas (Alake of Egba in Ogun, Shehu of Borno among others) and the idea is to engage the border communities to make them know they have a stake in securing these borders.
“So for me it’s an extra mile, apart from the regular policing of the borders by officers, we have also gone into Public Relations and then enlightenment.
“This is so, just to make sure that people don’t think it’s not their business but that everybody is involved in the issue of securing our borders,” he said.
