Sunday Olubiyi, the passport control officer (PCO) of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Ogun, says the process of obtaining an emergency travel certificate (ETC), a product of the NIS, has been streamlined
The lack of proper training of some local judges, compared to the federal and state judges, contributed to the corruption and misapplication of relevant trafficking laws.
This, she noted, was forcing the applicants to travel to various locations to get their passports renewed.
The Nigeria Immigration Service has pledged to be more vigilant ahead of the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.
The victims, who were all women between, were from different parts of the country and aged 19 to 37 years.
“We must not continue to watch while our children, the future hope of our beloved nation, are daily exposed to the grave danger posed by SOM.”
The officers and men were promoted from Inspectors of Corrections (IC) and Assistant Controllers of Corrections, to their next ranks.
