SHOCKING!!! South Africa Deports 97 Nigerians
SHOCKING!!! South Africa Deports 97
Nigerians
While the Nigerian government criticises South
Africa’s handling of recent xenophobic attacks
on Nigerians, the South African Government
has deported 97 Nigerians for committing
various offences in the country.
The property of several Nigerians and other
sub-Saharan Africans have been destroyed
across South Africa in xenophobic attacks that
have been condemned by various
governments.
While asking its citizens to stop the attacks,
the South African government has also blamed
illegal immigrants from Nigeria and other
countries, as well immigrants who commit
crime for the attacks. The government has
thus decided to clamp down on such
immigrants.
The 97 deported Nigerians landed at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft
with the registration number GBB710 from
Johannesburg.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that they
were made up of 95 males and two females.
Joseph Alabi, the spokesperson of the Lagos
Airport Police Command, confirmed the
development.
An immigration source told NAN on condition
of anonymity that six of the deportees were
returned to the country for drug offences
while 10 were arrested and deported for other
criminal offences .
The others were said to have committed
immigration offences in the Southern African
country.
All the deportees were profiled by officials of
the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) while
those deported for drug related offences were
handed over to the Police for further
investigation.
The Federal Government had also on Monday
evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were
trafficked to Mali for sex and labour
exploitation.
Six of the suspected human traffickers were
also apprehended and brought back to the
country for prosecution.
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Nigerians
While the Nigerian government criticises South
Africa’s handling of recent xenophobic attacks
on Nigerians, the South African Government
has deported 97 Nigerians for committing
various offences in the country.
The property of several Nigerians and other
sub-Saharan Africans have been destroyed
across South Africa in xenophobic attacks that
have been condemned by various
governments.
While asking its citizens to stop the attacks,
the South African government has also blamed
illegal immigrants from Nigeria and other
countries, as well immigrants who commit
crime for the attacks. The government has
thus decided to clamp down on such
immigrants.
The 97 deported Nigerians landed at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft
with the registration number GBB710 from
Johannesburg.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that they
were made up of 95 males and two females.
Joseph Alabi, the spokesperson of the Lagos
Airport Police Command, confirmed the
development.
An immigration source told NAN on condition
of anonymity that six of the deportees were
returned to the country for drug offences
while 10 were arrested and deported for other
criminal offences .
The others were said to have committed
immigration offences in the Southern African
country.
All the deportees were profiled by officials of
the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) while
those deported for drug related offences were
handed over to the Police for further
investigation.
The Federal Government had also on Monday
evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were
trafficked to Mali for sex and labour
exploitation.
Six of the suspected human traffickers were
also apprehended and brought back to the
country for prosecution.
Via Premium Times