The South African Government has deported 97
Nigerians for committing various offences in the
country.The deportees landed at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on
Monday night in a chartered aircraft with the
registration number GBB710 from
Johannesburg.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
they were made up of 95 males and two
females.
DSP Joseph Alabi, the Spokesman of the Lagos
Airport Police Command, confirmed the
development to NAN.
An immigration source told NAN on condition of
anonymity that six of the deportees were
returned to the country for drug offences while
10 were arrested and deported for other
criminal offences .
The others were said to have committed
immigration offences in the Southern African
country.
All the deportees were profiled by officials of
the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) while
those deported for drug related offences were
handed over to the Police for further
investigation.
NAN reports that the Federal Government had
also on Monday evacuated 41 Nigerian girls
who were trafficked to Mali for sex and labour
exploitation.
Six of the suspected human traffickers were
also apprehended and brought back to the
country for prosecution. (NAN)
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