The Nigeria Immigration Service has revoked all passports issued to former governors and ministers while they were in office.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Comptroller General of the service, Martin Abeshi on Monday.
The Service also directed all former federal and state law makers, their aides and retired heads of government agencies to return their passports.
“These categories of persons are hereby informed that these passports which were previously held by them have been revoked and should return them to the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters Sauka Abuja with immediate effect.
“Failure to comply with this directive will amount to an offence under the Immigration Act 2015. Such unauthorised possession will be impounded at our control posts on arrival or departure, ” the statement said.
To stem the rampant abuse of the documents, the presidency had in August directed the NIS to withdraw all diplomatic and official passports from persons not entitled to them.
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