Six Britons following a tip-off on alleged breach of extant laws regulating expatriate quota as stipulated by the Immigration Act, 2015, has been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) The offence which was allegedly commited at the behest of a Nigerian marine logistics/procurement support service provider in the oil and gas industry based in Lagos. ridiculed NIS laws.
According Daily Sun learnt that the six expatriates were allegedly hired by a company which does marine contracting and subsea inspection, maintenance and repair with head office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Lagos firm had obtained Resident Work Permits for the six expatriates from the Immigration Service, who embarked on the Christmas/New Year holidays and expected to return to work early last month.
However, to the surprise of the management of the company, it was discovered that the six Britons had arrived in Nigeria with visas to work on board a vessel at Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT), Onne.
As at Press time, the Lagos company that sourced for the expatriates at great cost through one of its UK technical partners, has complained to NIS in Rivers/Bayelsa states and Onne command.
An officer at the Onne Command of the Immigration Service, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the six expatriates have been arrested and undergoing interrogation with a view to transferring the case to Abuja for necessary action.
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