At least 34 Nigerians who were deported from six European countries for immigration-related offences arrived in Lagos today, June 22.
The 34 Nigerians were deported from Switzerland, Germany, Iceland, Austria, Belgium and Hungary.
The deportees who arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMlA Lagos at about 6.30am consisting of 32 males and two females deportees were brought back in a chartered Airblue Panorama aircraft.
Confirming the deportation, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Mr. Joseph Alabi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) said, “this morning, we received 34 Nigerians who were brought back from Europe. They were made up of 32 males and two females. ”
Alabi said all the deportees were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences in their host countries.
The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) said 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, including officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The deportees were later allowed to depart from the airport to their various destinations in Nigeria after profiling by Immigration authorities.
