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US
Deports 60 Nigerians
By ThisDay
Published: Thursday, 12 March, 2009
United States of America has deported 60 Nigerians for committing various
offences ranging from stealing, credit card fraud and immigration misdemeanors.
The deportees, consisting of 53 men and seven females, were brought
into the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Lagos,
by 2.00 p.m. yesterday, by private aircraft chartered by the American authorities.
The deportees were accompanied by law enforcement agents from the United
States.
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) source said 14 of the deportees were
repatriated based on drug related offences, while others committed other
immigration offences, ranging from illegal permit to fake visas.
They were received by Immigration officers, Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) and other law enforcement agencies.
The 14 drug offenders were whisked away by NDLEA officials for scrutiny,
while immigration officials took those with illegal immigration papers into
custody.
Those cleared of any criminal offence were transferred to the hajj
camp side of the international airport, from where they were allowed to go
to their homes.
According to the immigration source, the issue of deportation had been
a daily recurrence at the international airport where Nigerians are regularly
deported from Libya, Egypt, Italy, Rome, Europe and America.
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