The British Government on Friday
deported no fewer than 120 Nigerians from the U.K. for various immigration
offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The deportees arrived the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja in Lagos in the early hours of
today.
The deportees were airlifted back home
aboard a chartered cargo aircraft that landed at the cargo section of the
international airport.
A reliable source told newsmen that the
deportees were brought home in the early hours, so as not to draw undue
attention from the public.
The deportees, comprising mainly young
men and women, narrated their unsavoury experiences, saying that they were
brought back home unprepared by the British authorities.
Many of them were said to have kept
themselves busy, making telephone calls to their friends and relations on how to
pick them at the airport.
The source said that the deportees also
made frantic efforts to move their luggage which were packed in `Ghana Must Go’
bags from the cargo wing of the airport to the airport's main gate, preparatory
to finding their ways out of the airport.
Some of the deportees were said to have
expressed reservations over the way and manner they were brought home in a cargo
aircraft.
Scores of airport workers stopped by to
interact with the deportees, as some of them narrated their ugly experiences and
not knowing what exactly to fall back on, now that they had returned to a
country they left many years ago.
One of the deportees, a young lady, who
declined to give her name said: "I am not interested in discussing why we were
brought back home but my problem now is how to get out of this airport without
drawing unusual attention.
"I must, however, add that it is not a
pleasant experience,’’ she added.
Another deportee, a young man, lamented
that they were sent home unprepared and wondered how he would be able to cope.
(NAN)
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Now, let Jonathan start deporting UK citizens in Nigeria as He did to South Africa or worst still, make the UK apologise to Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteWe can frustrate their economy here...
ReplyDeleteTit-for-tat, Nigerian government should do likewise to erring U.K. citizens residing here.
ReplyDeleteWhy are we talking of revenge rather talking about how to put our house in order? i think its high time our government think about taking responsibility for Nigerians rather shifting it to governments around the world who have their own problems.
ReplyDeleteWe can start putting our house in order by deporting erring UK citizens and other expatriates who believe that our country is a safe haven for their s#$t. Do you not know that there are sex offenders living among us? Open your eyes. Many of them can't return home cos the law will grab them.
ReplyDeletei doubt if nigeria govt have the guts to do same...not SA remember
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