Men of the Oyo state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Wednesday morning intercepted 70 travellers from the northerner part of the country in Ogbomoso.
The travellers, according to a press statement by Oyo NSCDC commandant Alhaji Iskilu Akinsanya were from Kaduna, Katsina and Kano.
He said their was Ibadan Oyo state capital, Sagamu in Ogun and Lagos state.
Akinsanya said, “The travellers were intercepted around 1252hrs in three trucks coming from northern state at inhigh school area in Ogbomoso, Ogbomoso south local government.
The Oyo NSCDC commandant said 69 of the travellers were male and a female.
“Twenty-two tyres truck with Reg no KBK 826 (Kano), belonging to Dangote conveyed 25 Hausa men and a woman with seven motorcycles. The destination is Ibadan (Bodija).
“The second and third truck are 16-tyre truck with reg nos KTG 137 ZZ (Bauchi) and AE 61 KKR (Kastina), from Funtua Kastina to Lagos (Alaba). They all conveyed 16 and 28 Hausa men with four and six motorcycles respectively.”
Commandant Akinsanya then warned all the illegal migrants from different states across the country to stay away from Oyo state.
