SAN FRANCISCO, April 04, (THEWILL) – The Italian government has deported 40 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country.
The deportees arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos, on Tuesday night.
The deportees, who are all male, were brought back in a chartered aircraft with registration number EL-SMU/3737.
Joseph Alabi, spokesman of the Lagos airport police command, confirmed the development to NAN.
Alabi said 39 of the deportees were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences while one of them was allegedly involved in drug dealing.
He 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.
Also on ground to receive them were officials the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
They were profiled by immigration authorities while those without serious charges were allowed to depart to their various destinations.
THEWILL recalls that the Italian government has deported 70 Nigerians in less than two months – 33 Nigerians on February 23 and another 37 on March 8.
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