Based on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, the
Nigerian Immigration Service has directed former Nigerian public office holders
to immediately surrender official and diplomatic passports issued to them while
they were in office.
The officials affected are former governors, former
ministers, former senators, former members of the House of Representatives, former
members of state Houses of Assembly, former commissioners, former special
advisers/special assistants, former chairmen/deputy chairmen of local
government areas, all retired heads of parastatals and retired public servants.
According to the Comptroller-General of the Immigration
Service, Martin Abeshi in a statement;
“These categories of persons are hereby informed that these passports which were previously held by them have been revoked and should return them to the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters Sauka Abuja with immediate effect. Failure to comply with this directive will amount to an offence under the Immigration Act 2015. Such unauthorized possession will be impounded at our control posts on arrival or departure,” he said.
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