The
United Kingdom Government on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for
immigration-related offences.
The
deportees, comprising 30 males and five females, arrived Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos at about 5.50am aboard a chartered Titanic Airways
with registration number: G-POWO.
The
deportation was confirmed by the spokesman for the Lagos Airport Police
Command, DSP Joseph Alabi.
According
to him, the deportees were received by officers of the Nigeria Immigration
Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, the
police and officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
He
said they were profiled by immigration authorities and were each given a
stipend to facilitate their return to their respective states.
The
development brings the number of Nigerians deported from the UK to 99 in the last
three months.
On
February 1, 41 people were deported for various immigration offences while on
March 31, another 23 people were deported for the same reason.
Several
hundreds of Nigerians have also been deported, rescued or repatriated from
various other countries including those in the West African region, in recent
times.
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