
Amotekun, the security outfit in Nigeria's Ondo State, uncovered a hideout housing foreign nationals and arrested 53 suspects, according to PM News. A commander said the individuals claimed to have entered Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries to engage in menial jobs and phone repairs but could not produce documents authorising their stay in the country.
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