Italian
government has deported another batch of Nigerians for committing
immigration-related offences in the country, just two weeks after it deported
33
Nigerians.
The fresh
deportees, 37 in number, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport
(MMlA) Lagos, on Tuesday night.
The
deportees,who are all males, were brought back in a chartered aircraft.
DSP Joseph
Alabi, spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed the
development.
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 the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN).
NAN reports
that the deportees were profiled by immigration authorities and were each given
a stipend to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
Recall that
Italy had earlier, on 23 February, sent 33 Nigerians back home.
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