A total of 7,836 Nigerians were prevented from travelling out of the country by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) within the first six months of 2014.

In addition, another set of 4,896 were deported from various
countries of the world within the same period, says NIS public
relations officer, Chukwuemeka Obua yesterday at the media
parley of the Forum of Spokespersons of Security and
Response Agencies (FOSSRA) hosted by I-Nigerian Initiative
in Abuja.
He said that many reasons account for why some Nigerians
were refused permission to leave the country including doubts
concerning their motive and conflicting travelling documents
as their destination countries may decide to refuse them
entry.
Obua who spoke about successes and challenges of the
service since the current Comptroller General Mr. David
Paradang was appointed disclosed that to make the business
of border patrolling/policing more effective, the service has
embarked on specialised training of the Border Patrol Corps
and that the first batch of 1000 officers and men have passed
out and deployed.
He pointed out that the service had procured and distributed
59 four wheel jeeps, in addition to All Terrain Vehicles
(ATVs), communication gadgets and porter cabins to
accommodate officers and men at their patrol bases.
The spokesperson of the Immigration Service also stated that
with the renewed border patrolling foreigners with both
national identity cards and voters’ card have been intercepted
while human trafficking syndicates have been busted along
the Nigeria/Cameroon border with Benue State. Currency
traffickers and smugglers of small arms have also been
intercepted in the course of border patrol operations.
Other achievements include, “Deployment of additional 24
immigration attaches to 12 new missions in furtherance of
government’s Citizens Diplomacy policy thrust. The
commencement of the Electronic Passenger Automated
Registration System (e-PARS).