Section 25: Arrival elsewhere other than at a recognised port.

Where any ship, water vessel, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation lands by sea or air, or arrives overland in Nigeria elsewhere than at a recognised port, the master of the ship or water vessel, the captain of the aircraft, the driver of the motor vehicle or the operator of the other means of transportation shall report to the nearest immigration office and no person on board or in the vehicle shall leave the ship or water vessel, aircraft, motor vehicle, or other means of transportation which lands by sea or air, or arrives overland without the authority of an immigration officer.