The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said one if its officers attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command, Chief Immigration Assistant (CIA) Omodayo Odewenwa has retrieved $5000 belonging to a foreign passenger at the airport.
This was made known by the public relations officer of the Command, Yakubu Yarus who stated that aside the $5,000, other items in the wallet including credit cards, and an Identification Number card of a yet-to-be identified foreign passenger were also retrieved at the Visa on Arrival (VoA) point of the command at the E-Wing Arrival section of the terminal last Sunday.
Yarus stated that Odewenwa who was recently redeployed to the Lagos International Airport from the Ikoyi Passport office also retrieved other foreign currencies.
The PRO, however, stated that the command has escalated the incident by writing an email to the supposed owner, but at the time of filing this report, it was yet to receive a response from the owner of the items.
According to Yakubu, “One of our officers at the VoA E-Arrival Wing of the terminal, retrieved a folder containing several foreign currencies, credit cards, ID card and other valuable items supposedly belonging to a foreigner. Immediately after he retrieved these items, he informed his superior at the terminal who immediately took action.
“So far, we have escalated the issue by sending an email to the supposed owner to come for his property, but we are yet to receive a response. But, we are hopeful that he will respond at the appropriate time. There was no phone number on the document. So, it is difficult for us to get across to him. However, I can assure you that the items are in safe hands.”
The NIS Comptroller of the MMIA Command, Adeola Adesokan, also commended the honest act of the officer; emphasising that officers of the command have been constantly ingrained with operational and attitudinal reforms in recent times.
She assured that the command would continue to perform its enshrined duties with utmost professionalism and dignity of purpose adding that travelers should always have confidence in interacting with the immigration officers.
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