To curb the increasing spate of violent cross-border attacks by the
Boko Haram insurgents, the Federal Government has intensified moves to
strengthen the nation’s borders in the North.
The government is concluding plans to purchase three surveillance
aircraft for aerial patrol of the nation’s porous borders and high-tech
scanners for the screening of goods.
The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Boko, said the moves to procure
the surveillance aircraft was part of strategies to check terrorism and
insecurity posed by the influx of illegal immigrants and members of the
Boko Haram sect.
The minister explained that he toured a surveillance aircraft
facility in Prague, Czech Republic, which he visited recently, adding
that when deployed in the Nigerian border control posts, the combination
of plazas, surveillance aircraft and patrol vehicles would greatly
reduce illegal immigration and activities at the borders.
He said, “In my recent visit to Czech Republic, we inspected the
surveillance aeroplane facility in Prague and proposals have been sent
to the relevant agency of government for the procurement of at least
three of such surveillance aeroplanes and when we get the nod, we will
be able to procure them.
“So, a combination of our plazas, border patrol vehicles and the
surveillance technology will reduce the incidents of unwarranted entry
into the country of persons and goods.”
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