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Ex-Rivers Gov, Odili sues immigration over passport seizure * He is on watchlist, NIS tells court

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Erstwhile Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, on Wednesday approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the seizure of his international passport by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.

Odili, who piloted affairs of Rivers State from 1999 to 2007, in his fundamental rights enforcement suit, told the court that his passport with numbers B50031305, was seized from him on June 20 by NIS officials for undisclosed reason, shortly after he landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

Counsel to the Immigration Service told the court that the former governor is on the watchlist which is why his passport is still being held.

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