FG Angry Over Shooting Of Immigration Officer By Chinese Businessman

FG Angry Over Shooting Of Immigration Officer By Chinese Businessman

The Federal authorities has expressed anger over the capturing of an Immigration officer via way of means of a Chinese businessman in Minna, Niger state, describing the incident as unacceptable.

The authorities stated it changed into a slap at the face of Nigeria for such an incident to take place while the Immigration officer changed into going approximately his habitual responsibility to call for paintings allow for body of workers contributors of the Chinese organisation .

“We are going to take this be counted up with the Chinese authorities . An Immigration officer on habitual responsibility visited a Chinese Company, and requested habitual questions about paintings allow simplest for the Chinese businessman concerned to invite his safety element to shoot the Immigration officer, and the safety element did so.

“This is unacceptable. We are going to head difficult on that businessman and the Chinese authorities,” the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this in Abuja on Thursday.

The Minister spoke at a stakeholders sensitisation workshop at the implementation of the Nigeria Visa policy (NVP) 2025, on the Continental Hotel, Abuja.

According to Tunji-Ojo, the improvement by myself is an assault on Nigeria, asserting “ it’ll by no means take place in China for a Nigerian businessman to reserve the capturing of a Chinese Immigration officer. This will now no longer be tolerated right here in Nigeria.”

The Minister stated the Immigration officer, who changed into on reputable responsibility , had visited the Chinese organisation in Minna, Niger state, to test the listing of the organisation ’s expatriates, however the proprietor of the organisation ordered a safety officer withinside the premises to shoot the authorities reputable .

Tunji-Ojo stated : “I won’t visit China as a Nigerian, open a organisation and inform my safety to shoot a central authority reputable in uniform. It’s by no means carried out everywhere withinside the world.

“These officials placed their lives at the line. These officials serve this united states with their all. And you’ll now no longer come from everywhere and ask them to shoot them of their fatherland.

“It will now no longer take place . We will take it up with you. Because that organisation , we (Nigerian authorities ) have the energy to withdraw their enterprise in Nigeria and claim them illegal,” Tunji-Ojo stated .