Ahead of this Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders in the country .
This was disclosed in a statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Tony Akuneme.
According to the statement, the Comptroller General, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, gave the directive to command comptrollers across the country in a circular seen by ValidView Network on Thursday night.
The circular titled ‘Border Closure for the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections’ read: “The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all Land Borders effective from 00:00 hours on Saturday 25th February, 2023 to 00:00 hours Sunday, 26th February, 2023.
“Accordingly, all Command Comptrollers especially those in the Border States are to ensure strict enforcement of this directive.”
