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Xenophobic Effect Continues as South African Govt. Deports 97 Nigerians

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7 years ago

March 1, 2017

The South African government have deported 97 Nigerians resident in that country to Nigeria, just as the National Assembly condemned in strong terms the xenophobic attacks against African immigrants.

Recall that we reported yesterday that 41 Nigerian girls who had been trafficked into Mali, returned home on Monday night, it has now been learnt that later that same night, an additional 97 Nigerians touched down in Lagos after being deported from South Africa for committing various civil, criminal, and drug related offences.

Among the deportees were 95 men and two women.

According to Nigerian Immigration sources, the deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, onboard a chartered aircraft with registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Speaking to a correspondent, a source close to one of the security agencies at the airport disclosed that six of the deportees were brought back to Nigeria for drug related offences, ten were arrested and deported for non-drug related criminal offences, while others committed immigration offences while residing in South Africa.

The source explained that those deported for drug and criminal offences were handed over to police for further prosecution while others with civil and immigration related offences were released after their profiling by the officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the airport.