The Immigration Service has launched a massive hunt for illegal immigrants in the country in the aftermath of the deadly activities of the Boko Haram sect.<\/span><\/p>\n The security agencies believe many members of the sect are foreigners.Only on Friday,President Goodluck Jonathan sought the cooperation of Nigeria\u2019s neighbours in checking the influx of illegal immigrants into the country.<\/span><\/p>\n The Kano State Command of the service acting on the directive of the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mrs Rose Uzoma effected the arrest of 183 such immigrants in Kano and deported 122 of them.The remaining 61 are still being screened \u00a0to ascertain their countries.<\/span><\/p>\n A similar directive has gone to other state \u00a0commands of the organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n The immigrants were apprehended during raids by men of the Kano State command of the service at the Trade Fair Complex,Farm Centre,Yankura Roundabout, Bachirawa and Panshekara all in Kano over the last 48 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n A source, pleading anonimity told The Nation: \u201cIt is in view of the current fragile security situation in the country, which is occasioned by the criminal activities of \u00a0Boko Haram, that all criminal and terrorist-infested areas and hideouts such as \u00a0uncompleted buildings and abandoned projects are raided to fish out all illegal aliens, who \u00a0have no visible means of livelihood or do not possess valid travel documents and could easily become willing tools of destabilization of peace and security in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis exercise, which is \u00a0continuous \u00a0is one of the ways the \u00a0Service is \u00a0contributing its quota to the enhancement of our national security, as all those found wanting would be repatriated immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n