At
least, not fewer than 23 Nigerians were deported, yesterday, by the Spanish
Government for committing various offences in the country. These deportations
come barely five days after 34 Nigerians were sent home from six European
countries for committing immigration-related offences.
According to the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP
Joseph Alabi, the new deportees, comprising 21 males and two females, were
brought back in a privilege style aircraft with registration number EC-IZO.
He also said that 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. Others also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA).
According to him, nine of the deportees, who were deported
for drug-related offences, were handed over to the NDLEA. He said that two
others, who were deported for criminal offences, were handed over to the
police. Joseph Alabi said that the remaining 12 deportees, accused of breaching
the country’s immigration rules, were profiled and allowed to go to their
respective destinations.
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