Government of the United
Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians
for committing immigration-related offences in the country.
The arrival of these defaulters at Murtala Muhammed
International Airport Lagos in the early hours was kept secret until they
completed vital documentations with the Nigerian authorities…
The deportees, comprising 30 males and five females, were
brought back aboard a chartered Titanic Airways with registration number: G-POWO.
DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police
Command, confirmed the development.
Xpoinfo learnt 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.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
The deportees who wore long faces were profiled by
immigration authorities and were each given a stipend to facilitate their
transportation to their respective states.
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