Federal Government Backs Kenya Over Arrest Of 26 Nigerians

The FG has backed Kenyan Government on the arrest of 26 Nigerians in the country on Oct. 22 for flouting visa laws. A statement by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Acting Spokesperson, Jane Bassey-Adams, alleged that the arrested persons were not in possession of valid document for their stay in Kenya.

Bassey-Adams said that the Immigration Authority of Kenya acted in accordance with its domestic laws regarding the arrest of illegal immigrants. She said that the law enabled the authority to crack down on foreigners whose visas had elapsed but remained in Kenya illegally.

The spokesperson said some of them had also been indicted for criminal activities including advance fee fraud, warning that the government would not support any Nigerian who broke the law of her host country.