The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has revealed that the Federal Government is set to collaborate with India government to end issuance of fake international passports.
Aregbesola who made this known over the weekend, while explaining the steps taken by the government to ensure the integrity of Nigerian passports, said the government is willing to cooperate with India on total eradication of fake Nigerian passports into India.
Speaking with the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria in his office, Aregbesola told Ambassador Gangadharan Balasubramanian, that Nigeria would for ever remain grateful to India for her support during the country’s anti-colonial struggle that led to Independence.
The Minister called for closer collaboration with the Indian government through the provision of useful information and intelligence reports that will assist in unmasking those involved and their modus operandi with a view to get them arrested and face the full weight of the law.