No fewer than 43 Nigerians were on Thursday deported from Italy, Germany and Belgium, 33 of the deportees were from Belgium, while the other seven and another three were deported from Germany and Italy, respectively for committing several immigration-related offenses and unruly behavior.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees who were all male arrived through Hi-Fly chartered Airbus 330 aircraft with registration number CS-TQW at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at exactly 8:55 p.m amidst tight security. The deportees were received on arrival by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the police and several other agencies in deportation matters.
Dr Onimode Bamidele, the Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, NEMA, who represented the Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mohammed Sidi said the agency would make sure the deportees were comfortable and ensure their safe return to their various destinations. “As a responsible government, we cannot just leave our citizens to enter the country without giving them a good welcome" he said.
"They are coming back almost empty and this is a lesson to them to settle down home and be useful to their country. We will ensure that they are well catered for," he said.
This is the second time within the week that Nigerians would be brought back into the country. It would be recalled that on Tuesday, 171 Nigerians, consisting 112 females, 49 males and five infants voluntarily returned from Libya with a tale of woes after their attempt to cross to Europe through the sea and the Sahara Desert failed.
The Deputy Director (NEMA) advised Nigerians to stay in the country and develop it together.
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