By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 12 suspects allegedly linked to a network marketing group, QNET/IGNITE, over suspected involvement in irregular migration and related offences.
The Service said the operation was carried out as part of ongoing efforts to tackle cross-border crimes and irregular migration in the country.
In a statement on Tuesday, the NIS Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, said the arrests followed intelligence gathered on activities of suspected trafficking networks operating in Lagos and Ogun states.
According to him, the operation led to the arrest of Ouattra Adama, a Burkinabé national, alongside 11 other suspected facilitators comprising eight Liberians and three Cameroonians, in different locations across Lagos.
