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UK Government Sends Many Nigerians Packing...See the Number of Those Deported

Posted by Samuel on Wed 24th May, 2017 - tori.ng

The government of The United Kingdom has deported many Nigerians from the country over several offenses.

File photo: Deported Nigerians
 
The government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.
 
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos at about 5.50 a.m.
 
The deportees, comprising 30 males and five females, were brought back aboard a chartered Titanic Airways aircraft with registration Number: G-POWO.
 
The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development to NAN.
 
The deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.
 
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
 
NAN gathered that the deportees were profiled by the immigration authorities and were each given a stipend to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
 
The British authorities had on March 31 deported 23 Nigerians for similar reasons.


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