The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday deported 80 foreigners who were illegally residing in Taraba. Alhaji Habibu Haruna, the Controller of the service in Taraba, made the disclosure at the commencement of the exercise in Jalingo. Haruna said the service arrested 170 illegal immigrants, out of which, 80 were screened and ascertained that they had no genuine permits to live in Nigeria. He noted that most of them were from Niger Republic, who got into the country through Katsina State, while few were from the Republic of Cameroon. The controller said “we got information that there was an influx of foreigners into Taraba, perhaps due to crisis in neighbouring states. `”We sought logistic support from the Acting Governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, to patrol the state and he supported us promptly. “The Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr David Parradang, also gave us the go ahead to arrest, screen and deport those who do not have relevant and genuine permits to live in Nigeria.’’ Haruna...