Taraba Immigration Service Comptroller Is Dead

The Taraba State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Theman Doris, is dead.

According to a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Taraba Deputy Comptroller of the service, H.K. Usman, the Comptroller died on February 13.

Before her posting to Taraba, she was the Comptroller ICT and worked with the Investigation Unit of the service, Lagos State Command.

She reported to the Taraba State Command as the Comptroller of the service on March 10, 2020.

She will be laid to rest on Friday at the Baptist Church, Garki Area II, Abuja.

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Meanwhile, AllNews Nigeria recalls that the Nigeria Immigration Service on Sunday said there were no armed herdsmen in the country.

The NIS spokesman,  Sunday James, who stated this in an interview with The Punch, also said there had been tight security at borders since the introduction of the Migration Information and Data Analysis Systems.

In their reactions to the NIS’ claim, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said the service was lying, adding, “There is hardly any part of Nigeria you can drive a kilometre in the country today without seeing armed herdsmen. 

“It is clear there is a grand design to confuse the polity with false narratives. There is no truth in the NIS comment.”

On its part, PANDEF described the NIS’ claim as a blatant lie and mischievous.

PANDEF spokesman, Ken Robinson, who stated this during a chat with one of our correspondents, on Sunday,  said it was better to ignore such ignorant remarks which he said was tantamount to playing on the sensibilities of Nigerians.

“When people very clearly are being mischievous and try to play on the sensibilities of Nigerians,  the best treatment to give to such people for their ignorance is to ignore them. Silence is the best answer to a fool. It is ridiculous for anybody to say that.

“It is a blatant lie and it is better to ignore him because he is just being mischievous,” the PANDEF spokesman stated.

Also, Ohanaeze Ndigbo faulted the NIS  for absorbing herdsmen and denying that there were no armed herdsmen in the country.

Ohanaeze spokesman, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who spoke to one of our correspondents, said that it was self-evident when the Presidency told Nigerians that people carrying out criminal atrocities which included the killing of farmers and raping of women across the country were foreign herders.

“Just about three days ago, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, justified the need for herdsmen to carry arms. Secondly, when you said no foreign herdsmen, the Presidency affirmed that the herdsmen terrorising this country were foreign herdsmen that they were not Nigerians. That is for the Presidency.