NIS Official says 48 Deportees not 500 Nigerians deported from UK

The deportees came aboard a chartered plane that touched down at the Hajj and Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 8am, 234today gathered.

The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. Ekpedeme King, who confirmed the development, said the Nigerians were deported for immigration-related offences.

“Some of them have overstayed their visa,” King said.

According to King, it is part of the duty of the NIS officials at the airport to receive Nigeria deportees from foreign countries.

The British Broadcasting Corporation had reported in the morning that a plane carrying about 500 Nigerians deportees from the UK had landed at the MMIA. The reported quoted some of the deportees as saying that they were not happy to come back.

However, the NIS officials said only 48 Nigerians deportees arrived from the UK not 500 as earlier reported.

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