The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has narrated how seven commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, were arrested last week at Katsina Airport while returning from the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Tunji-Ojo attributed the arrests to the integration of NIMC’s identity database with the Nigeria Immigration Service and international law enforcement platforms.
The minister made the revelation on Friday when President Bola Tinubu signed the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Act 2026 into law.
The signing, the Federal Government said, will strengthen Nigeria’s identity management system, enhance national security, improve public service delivery and accelerate the country’s digital transformation.
