By Evelyn Usman
Lagos - President of Association of Industrial Security and
Safety Operators of Nigeria, AISSON Dr.
Ona Ekhomu, yesterday, advised the Federal Government and security agencies to
be on the alert and investigate returnees from Libya who claimed to be Nigerians,
with a view to preventing ISIS fighters
from infiltrating the country.
Expressing surprise at the number of migrants that have
returned from Libya, Ekhomu, in an interview with Vanguard, said given the
threat of infiltration of ISIS fighters into the country, it was necessary to
prove the identities of the returnees before releasing them.
He said: “Some of these people might have pledged Bayat to
ISIS. They need to be separated out
from those who migrated for economic reasons,” he added.
He disclosed that most of the returnees did not have travel
documents and should not be merely assumed to be Nigerians, since it was not
possible to identify a Nigerian by face.
To ascertain their true identities, he suggested that
questionnaires should be drawn up to enable the returnees prove their national
identity. “These should include questions about their date of birth, place of
birth, LGA, name of their traditional ruler, primary and secondary school
attended, ethnic nationality, native language spoken. etc. In order to discern their purpose for
migration, they should be questioned about the source of funds for their trip
to Libya, ”All information provided must be quickly investigated, verified
before they will be cleared to enter the society.”
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Describing President
Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts
at ordering the repatriation of the
Nigerians as a move any responsible
government should take, he said: “however, the Government must again do the
“responsible thing” of ascertaining the true identity of these returnees as
there is a high probability that a few of them may be ISIS Fighters escaping
from Libya, or coming to Nigeria to execute a possible terrorist plot. Nigeria has too many active killing fields
right now and does not need the threat of ISIS infiltration.”
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