About 50 Nigerians were, on Thursday, deported from various
European countries for the violation of immigration laws and for drug
related crimes.
The deportees were brought into the country through the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with a chartered aircraft
with flight number P6-6991. The countries that deported the Nigerians are:
Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Hungary and Sweden.
The latest deportation is coming barely 48 hours after 40
Nigerians were deported for the same crimes from Italy. Recall that it is also
barely a week when another batch of 23 Nigerians were equally repatriated from
United Kingdom for similar offences.
Daily Sun learnt that the latest deportees comprised 47
males and three females and arrived the country about 7.45am.
Three of the deportees were repatriated for drug related
issues while 47 others were expelled for other immigration related offences.
“Some of the 47 returnees either entered the European
countries through fake documents, illegal channels were others overstayed in
the countries after the expiration of their visiting visas,” a source at the
Lagos airport told Daily Sun.
On arrival, officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service
(NIS) had to first profile the deportees to ascertain that they were Nigerians.
Those with criminal offences were handed over to Nigeria Police for further
prosecution and the rest were allowed into the country to head to their states
of origin.
By Louis Ibah
