48 Nigerian Deportees From UK Arrive Lagos Airport

Forty-eight Nigerian deportees from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos in the morning of yesterday accompanied by UK security officials. According to immigration figures, they included 44 males
and four females. This is contrary to earlier reports that there were 500 deportees.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the deportees who arrived the airport around 8am were brought in by a charted aircraft.

The deportees who were said to have overstayed their visas in UK went through immigration process at the NAHCO area before leaving the airport.

An airport source said the deportees complained of the way they were handled by the British authorities, alleging that they were not allowed to take their belongings before being deported.

It has been reported that the UK authorities plans to deport about 29,000 Nigerians.

But the Nigeria High Commission in London had on October 24, 2015, expressed worry over plans by the migration and removal policy of the UK government, to deport the Nigerians.

The acting Nigerian high commissioner in London, Olukunle Bamgbose, said, “We are insisting that due process must be followed before Nigerians are really removed from the UK to Nigeria.

“We have found our bounce and as diplomats here we are going to engage our colleagues from other countries without necessarily being apologetic.”


Source: LEADERSHIP