EFCC partners Immigration to curb passport racketeering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) are joining forces in tackling passport racketeering and other fraudulent practices that had bedevilled the process of obtaining the vital document.
The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Idris Isah Jere, at the EFCC Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja on Friday.
Bawa, who expressed displeasure at the level of racketeering and other sharp practices in the process of issuance of travel documents especially passports across the country, however, vowed that the EFCC will henceforth crack down on the unscrupulous elements behind the racket.
Jere, in his response, welcomed the EFCC chairman’s offer and expressed his Agency’s preparedness to collaborate with the EFCC in addressing the menace of passport racketeering and other fraudulent practices.
