At list 41 Nigerians were on Wednesday deported from the United States over issues ranging from drug, police and immigration offences.
The deportees, all males according to Immigration sources were flown in aboard a chartered aircraft operated by Miami Air International marked with registration number N733MA, which arrived the Lagos international airport at 12.20pm.According to the source nine of the deportees were brought back for drug offences, 26 for police offences while six had immigration related problems.
In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Deputy Controller of Immigration King Ekpedeme, confirmed the deportation to The PUNCH, saying, “Yes, it is true. They were deported for various offences, including immigration offences.”
The deportation is coming barely a week after 162 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya returned to Nigeria voluntarily.
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