UNITED KINGDOM DEPORTS 23 NIGERIANS

The government of the United Kingdom has deported 23 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.

The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos about 6am yesterday.

The deportees, all males, were brought back in a chartered aircraft.

DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed the development .

The deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) , the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.