Friday 25 January 2013

65 Nigerians deported from Europe


About Sixty-five Nigerians were on Friday deported from Europe, an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)  has disclosed.
The FAAN official who declined  to be named disclosed that the
Nigerians were brought home aboard a chartered flight which landed at  Murtala Muhammed International Airport Cargo section in Lagos.
He explained that   they  were deported from Spain, Bulgaria, Romania and the United Kingdom.
It was learnt that they were brought back home for immigration and related offences.
The source said that the deportees  arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos  about 7:40 a.m. They were 48 males, 12 females and five children.
Some of the deportees were  alleged to to possess   invalid travel  documents  while eight  including three females were deported for alleged criminal offences.
The eight persons were reportedly  immediately arrested on arrival by policemen and taken to the Criminal Investigation Department, Nigeria Police  Ikoyi, Lagos, in a Toyota pick-up with registration number “Ontario AZKC-549”.

Source: The Nation

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