50 Nigerian Deportees Arrive, UK To Deport 29,000 More

FIFTY Nigerian deportees alleged to have committed offences in the United Kingdom (UK) arrived in Lagos yesterday. They include 44 men and six women who were flown into Nigeria about 6.30am in a chartered B767 aircraft belonging to PITAN Airways.

According to a source at Nigerian Immigration Service, the Spokesperson of the NIS, Mr. Ekpedeme King, confirmed the development, said the Nigerians were deported for immigration-related offences.

It was gathered that those alleged to have committed criminal offences were handed over to officers from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Apart from the 50 deportees, the UK was planning to deport 29,000 Nigerians back home.

The British Broadcasting Corporation had reported in the morning that a plane carrying about 500 Nigerians deportees from the UK had landed at the MMIA. The reported quoted some of the deportees as saying that they were not happy to come back.

Nigeria had recently expressed concern over the UK’s plan to deport 29,000 Nigerians, and has insisted that due process be followed before Nigerians are removed from the UK.