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@NGtourismlovers @nigimmigration @officialABAT We really hope something is being done.

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should consider orientation for officers, especially the junior officers who seem uncontrollable. There should be further training and retraining of Immigration officers. It should be ensured that officers understand and respect the rights of visitors...

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tourists and the summoning of the errant officers to Abuja.

Nigeria is a great tourist destination but it has not been easy for us as inbound tourism practitioners to convince the global tourists to visit the country. The governing body of the Nigeria Immigration Service...

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we know a senior Immigration Officer and professional at the Immigration office at Apapa. Calls were made across the country. It's commendable that well meaning Nigerians intervened in what could have been a national disgrace. The intervention led to the...

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for the local businesses, including souvenir shops, attraction sites, and transportation services. Money was already lost because the boat that brought the visitors to Badagry and the cultural group to entertain them were already paid.

Fortunately for us...

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demand could not be met, the visitors boat was turned back from Badagry to the Immigration Service office at Apapa, called Bakassi. As the officers led the boat back, it became a nightmare. Their actions did not only wasted the tourists' time but also caused financial losses...

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are allowed to visit tourist sites, as it helps develop tourism and support local practitioners and businesses. They refused to listen to us and after about 2 hours, they collected their phones and have initially seized their international passports. 

And because their illegal..

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that we can only afford N100,000 (to avoid the continuous embarrassment) and this infuriated them. The officers said the visitors committed crime by visiting the tourist town of Badagry with a business visa. We told the officers that visitors to Nigeria with a business visa...

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The behavior of the immigration officers was unprofessional, embarrassing, and extortionate. They demanded for $14,000 (later reduced to $7000) from the group leader. She responded that they are visitors and don't have such amount of money. 

Later, we said to them...

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They didn't acknowledge (us) the Nigerians among the visitors. They asked for the European group tour leader. They later kept them in a room in their office. The visitors were really scared as one of them was showing off his gun....

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to further intimidate the visitors. We market and promote Nigeria as an international tourist destination and it has not been easy. The immigration officers intimidation of the International tourists was not necessary....

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has made things easy and they can get any confirmation they seek. We told them that it wasn't easy to convince these visitors to visit or do business in Nigeria. 

Their reaction was unprofessional and a national embarrassment. They flaunted handcuffs