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33 Nigerians arrested in Kenya for illegal migration

Saddam Yusuf Saleh
By Saddam Yusuf Saleh
Published: April 12, 2019
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33 Nigerians were on Thursday arrested in Nairobi, Kenya for illegal migration.

According to Kenyan Police in a statement, they were arrested at Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi.

Peter Kimani, Officer Commanding Police Division in charge of sub-counties in Kasanrani, revealed that the Nigerians were arrested by operatives of anti-narcotics from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

The operatives were following up a lead on an incident in which drugs are being sent from Nairobi to others parts of the world.

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They arrested the 33 Nigerians in the process of that also nabbed another suspect from Eritrea.

Kimani disclosed that the suspects had been posing illegally as students of International University-Africa (USIU) and Kenyatta University (KU) and operating businesses “with the intention of selling drugs”.

In his words:

“When they arrived they declared they were students at the universities but our investigations have shown they are in other illegal businesses,” Kimani said.

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He also disclosed that the suspects deportation process have already began.

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