The United
Kingdom (UK) deported another 28 Nigerians from its country on Thursday for
remaining in the country illegally.
The
deportation came two days after Spain repatriated 23 Nigerians for criminal and
immigration-related offenses.
Thursday’s
deportees were returned aboard a chartered Titanic Airways plane with the
registration number AWC-761/2.
The
deportees, comprising 21 men and 7 women, touched down at Murtala Muhammed
International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos at about 12:15 p.m.
One of the
female deportees was brought back into the country in a wheelchair and was
immediately attended to by Port Health officials, who in turn transferred her
to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ayinke House in an
ambulance.
Our
correspondent observed that she was paralyzed.
Mr. Joseph
Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed that 28
Nigerians were repatriated from UK.
He said 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 Nigeria Police Force.
Also on the
ground to receive them were officials the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN) and other security agencies.
On arrival,
the deportees were profiled by immigration authorities and were each given a
stipend to facilitate their transportation to their respective states from the
Hajj and Cargo terminals of the airport.
Some
deportees were seen clinging to their handbags at the outside gate of the
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) at the airport without a particular
destination in mind, while others were seen with mobile phones trying to
contact their family members.
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