A Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer was killed in a Boko Haram Muna attack at about 2:00 a.m. on November 30, when insurgents stormed a joint security position near Muna, Borno State, opening fire on personnel stationed under Operation Hadin Kai.
The officer, identified as Assistant Immigration Officer IA II Lucky, belonged to NIS Batch 13 and was deployed under a joint tasking arrangement that insiders say has put immigration personnel directly in the path of combat.
Soldiers attached to the 195 Battalion were also injured during the raid. Reinforcement teams later forced the attackers to withdraw into the surrounding bush.
Boko Haram Muna Attack Triggers Outrage Over Dangerous Immigration Deployments
The killing has renewed intense complaints from NIS officers who argue that immigration personnel—trained for border management, not ground combat—are increasingly pushed into frontline battle roles without matching equipment or training.
One deeply frustrated officer told IDNN:
“Imagine immigration officers fighting Boko Haram like soldiers. We are carrying only two magazines to defend ourselves. We are not trained for this.”
Another added that the issue is not personal rivalry but structural failure:
“This batch alone has lost almost four men. We are overstretched, under-equipped and exposed.”
Equipment Failure × Rotation Manipulation × Morale Collapse
Insiders accuse senior administrators of protecting certain officers from dangerous postings through manipulated rosters, placing others repeatedly in high-risk zones.
A protest memo from one officer read:
“The CG should caution his G1 and admin. It looks like they favour some people and leave the rest of us to face the toughest assignments.”
The deaths, they argue, reveal deeper institutional misalignment and possible misuse of immigration personnel for duties far outside their operational mandate.
Silence From the Army as Calls Grow for Inquiry
As of press time, the Nigerian Army had not issued any official statement regarding the attack or the conditions under which NIS officers are deployed in joint operations.
Immigration personnel are demanding:
- clearer deployment protocols,
- adequate ammunition and armour,
- proper rotation structures,
- updated training and tactical preparation.
The Boko Haram Muna attack has therefore exposed a wider system failure that goes far beyond a single casualty, igniting a conversation about operational fairness, manpower distribution and the true state of Nigeria’s frontline security forces.
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