Spanish government today deported 23 Nigerians for various
offences committed in the country.
The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP
Joseph Alabi, who confirmed the development, said the 21 males and two females
arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 6:40am
aboard a Privilege Style aircraft with registration number EC-IZO.
He said they were received by officers of the Nigerian
Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons, the Nigeria Police Force, officials of the Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
According to him, nine of them who were deported for
drug-related offences were handed over to the NDLEA, while two others who were
deported for criminal offences were handed over to the police.
Alabi said the remaining 12 people, who were deported for
alleged immigration-related offences, were profiled and allowed to go to their
respective destinations.
The development is coming on the heels of the deportation of
34 Nigerians variously from Switzerland, Germany, Iceland, Austria, Belgium and
Hungary, last week Thursday.
Fifty Nigerians were also deported from Switzerland,
Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary in April.
Our correspondent also gathered that one person was, last
Wednesday, deported from India for drug-related offence.
About 175 Nigerians also recently voluntarily returned from
Libya through the efforts of the Federal Government and the International
Migration Organisation, a United Nations body.
Security officials estimate that over 1,500 Nigerians have
been deported from various countries around the world in the last one year
.Punch
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