The five Chinese businessmen that were involved in operating some illegal warehouses in Kano, where they had banned textile materials worth billions of Naira will be deported.
This was disclosed by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi and his counterpart in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Parradang after a joint inspection visit to the warehouses.
Parradang stated that investigations by his men revealed that three out of the five Chinese nationals do not have valid travel documents to reside and engage in any business in Nigeria. According to him, investigations are still ongoing to determine the immigration status of the other two.
He went on to say that the NIS would intensify routine mop-up operations to fish out irregular immigrants for onward deportation while those who are law-abiding and contribute to Nigeria’s economy positively would be encouraged and assisted in their business.
Those involved in the illegal textile warehouse business are Gao Guoxu, aged 26 with passport No E12893246, Li Yang, 28 ,with Passport No E39324316 and Zhang Jiantao , 26 with Passport No E00078159. The rest are Zhao Shoumin, 26 with Passport No E32882412, and Zhou Jinxue , 35 with Passport No E23094307.
He also appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to inform the NIS about foreigners dealing in illegal or smuggled goods in the country, Blue Print reports.
Meanwhile, a team of Customs valuation officers has been collating the textile materials seized to determine the quantity and value. The maerials discovered in the warehouse was valued at N4.2 billion, according to the Customs boss, Abdullahi.
Recently, a factory where fake wads of naira, pounds, euros, dollars and other foreign currencies were being produced was found by officers of the the Oyo state police command.
This was disclosed by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi and his counterpart in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Parradang after a joint inspection visit to the warehouses.
Parradang stated that investigations by his men revealed that three out of the five Chinese nationals do not have valid travel documents to reside and engage in any business in Nigeria. According to him, investigations are still ongoing to determine the immigration status of the other two.
He went on to say that the NIS would intensify routine mop-up operations to fish out irregular immigrants for onward deportation while those who are law-abiding and contribute to Nigeria’s economy positively would be encouraged and assisted in their business.
Those involved in the illegal textile warehouse business are Gao Guoxu, aged 26 with passport No E12893246, Li Yang, 28 ,with Passport No E39324316 and Zhang Jiantao , 26 with Passport No E00078159. The rest are Zhao Shoumin, 26 with Passport No E32882412, and Zhou Jinxue , 35 with Passport No E23094307.
He also appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to inform the NIS about foreigners dealing in illegal or smuggled goods in the country, Blue Print reports.
Meanwhile, a team of Customs valuation officers has been collating the textile materials seized to determine the quantity and value. The maerials discovered in the warehouse was valued at N4.2 billion, according to the Customs boss, Abdullahi.
Recently, a factory where fake wads of naira, pounds, euros, dollars and other foreign currencies were being produced was found by officers of the the Oyo state police command.
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