41 Nigerians, deported from the United Kingdom (UK), arrived Lagos on Wednesday.
The chartered Airbus 330 aircraft that brought them landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8am. It was learnt that they were deported for alleged immigration offences.
Before their arrival, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, had informed that about 83 deportees were being expected, and that some of them who had not completed their prison sentences would be handed over to the Nigeria Prison Service to complete the terms.
However, eight females and 33 males, mostly Yoruba, Edo and Igbo, were received by Dr. Bandele Onimode, Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, who represented NEMA Director General.
On arrival, the deportees were served breakfast and later interrogated to determine their states of origin so that they can be assisted to locate their relatives where necessary.
Nigerian deportees from Uk, on their arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos…yesterday. Photo Lamidi Bamidele The Nigeria Immigration Service was said to have profiled the deportees although their identities were not disclosed.
One of them, 37, and Yoruba, said he left Nigeria about 17 years ago and had lost touch with home. According to him, he put resources together to travel to the UK but could not raise the money to process stay papers. He then began to engage in illegal activities until he ran out of luck.
Another deportee, Igbo, who said his parents were Lagos-based before he left for greener pastures, said he might not be able to trace the parents because he learnt they had relocated home.
An aged deportee woman, who claimed she left Nigeria some decades back, said he had lost touch with her relatives, including her children.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that many of the deportees had used fictitious names in their documentation as they were ashamed to reveal their identities because of stigma.
Those who could locate their Nigerian addresses were aided to return home while those who could not were taken to rehabilitation centers.
NEMA Information Officer, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the agency was yet to ascertain why the number of the deportees was 41 instead of 83. Also, he said none of the deportees was a prisoner as earlier stated by the United Kingdom authorities. “They told us that 83 were coming but on arrival it was 41. This is humanitarian evacuation and many things could have happened at the last minute that may lead to increment or decrease in the number of the people. We work on information made available to us,” said Farinloye
Asked why the deportees’ names were not released, he said, “The Nigeria Immigration Service did the profiling and the names are not made public because of their security and social protection”.
Apart from NEMA, the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Police and aviation security personnel were on ground to receive the deportees.
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Posted: at 5-02-2017 10:39 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
If they can't find their relatives, it simply means that while they were over there; they cut off all communication with home, believing they won't come back home. Serve you guys right. The government should aid them they should Struggle and go make amends to your family.
Posted: at 5-02-2017 10:51 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
If they can't find their relatives, it simply means that while they were over there; they cut off all communication with home, believing they won't come back home. Serve you guys right. The government should aid them they should Struggle and go make amends to your family.
It has NOTHING to do with NOT communicating with their families.
It has to do with TWO things
1. SHAME that they got caught committing a CRIME and IMPRISONED in the U.K.
2. In letters they have written to families and relatives in Nigeria they have lied. In U.K. prisons you CAN write letters home and send emails. In those letters I bet they NEVER mentioned being in PRISON!
Posted: at 5-02-2017 11:12 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
nametalkam at 5-02-2017 11:39 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: beneno on 5-02-2017 10:52 AM
Since this UK deportation start ni I never hear or see any comment from Gogoman .make E no be wetin I dey think o
Gongoman is way above deportation, he is a chief in Europe, they crowned him chief of Biafra in UK, so he can't be deported and even if he is deported am sure he will be able to find his family
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Posted: at 5-02-2017 11:39 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
They find it hard to go back home because they haven't made it period.. if you can't find your home or lossed contact with home,you can atleast recall the name of your town/village. someone should help them like TB Joshua did last year by giving deportees some funds to start a new life,they will immediately find their homes.
Posted: at 5-02-2017 03:11 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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