Kebbi Police Command have arrested 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and Niger Republic, all residing in a three-bedroom flat in the Kuwait area of Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Spokesperson of Kebbi Police Command, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the arrest in a statement.
According to him, the arrests followed an intelligence report to detectives of Kebbi State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) about individuals from francophone countries cramped in an apartment in the community.
According to him, 35 Burkina Faso nationals, 110 from Ivory Coast, 11 from Benin Republic, five from Niger Republic, and four from Mali were taken into custody during the operation by the police.
The Police spokesperson said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects were residing in Nigeria without valid documentation and were allegedly involved in the Qnet Ponzi scheme.
Abubakar further disclosed that the suspects have been handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kebbi State Command.
