The Nigeria Immigration Service will at midnight on Saturday close all land borders into the country and across states ahead of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, Saturday PUNCH learned on Friday.
In a memo made available to our correspondent by the Service Spokesperson, Anthony Akuneme, the 24-hour border closure will end at midnight on Sunday, even as the collation of results begins across states.
The directive issued by the service Comptroller-General, Isah Idris, read “The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all land borders effective from 00:00 hours on Saturday, March 18, 2023, to 00:00 hours on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
“Accordingly, all command comptrollers, especially those in the border states are to ensure strict enforcement of this directive.”