50 Nigerians comprises of 48 men and 2 women were deported on Thursday from eight European countries for committing immigration-related offences.
The Nigerians were deported from the following countries namely, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary.
According to NAN, the fresh batch of deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos at around 7:36am.
Joseph Alabi, spokesman of the Lagos airport police command, confirmed the development.
“This morning, we received 50 Nigerians who were brought back from Europe,” he said.
We had three males from Switzerland; from Germany, we had seven males; from Sweden, we had four males, from Luxembourg, we had six males; from Austria, we had 18, comprising of 17 males and one female.
From Belgium, we had only one female; from Spain, we had five males and finally from Hungary, we had six males, which makes it a total of 50.”
Alabi said all the deportees were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences in their host countries.
He said the deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the police.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The deportees were allowed to depart to their various destinations after the authorities had profiled them.
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