The sum of $5,000, credit cards and an identification number (ID) card of a yet-to-be-identified foreign passenger have been retrieved at the Visa on Arrival (VoA) point at the E-Wing Arrival section of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The items belonging to a foreign passenger was retrieved by an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the airport.

Apart from the dollar currency, it was also gathered that other foreign currencies were also retrieved by the officer, Omodayo Odewenwa, a Chief Immigration Assistant recently redeployed to the Lagos International Airport from the Ikoyi Passport Office.

The items were said to have been discovered in a folder wallet on the ground around the Visa on Arrival hall of the terminal.

When contacted on phone on the development, the Immigration Comptroller, MMIA, Lagos, Mrs Adeola Adesokan, confirmed the development and commended the honest act of the officer.

According to Adesokan, officers of the command have been constantly inbred with operational and attitudinal reforms in recent time, assuring that the command would continue to perform its assigned duties with utmost professionalism and dignity of purpose.

The comptroller enjoined the travelling public to always have confidence in interacting with Immigration officers as they are at the airport to serve all travellers.

It was also learnt that the command has escalated the incident through an email to the supposed owner who is yet to response. The NIS Lagos command has however assured that the items are safely kept in the command.

[Tribune]