Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer, Assistant Superintendent Okpravero Ufuoma, captured in a viral video soliciting gratification, has been suspended by NIS boss, Kemi Nandap.
Nandap, in a statement, noted that the officer’s act runs against the ethics and standards in NIS.
She said, “The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has received a video currently circulating on social media titled ‘This is how Immigration officers treat tourists in Nigeria,’ in which one of its officers is seen soliciting financial gratification from a traveller.
“We wish to inform the public that the conduct of the officer, identified as Okpravero Ufuoma, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI 2) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS.
“The NIS condemns this misconduct in the strongest terms, as it undermines the ongoing reforms aimed…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
