NEMA southwest zone
coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, explained that the agency had been alerted
about the planned deportation and was making arrangements to provide the
necessary care for the returning Nigerians.
The National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday said it was prepared to receive 85 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom and expected to arrive Lagos on
Wednesday.
Farinloye said the
deportees were expected to arrive through the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Ikeja, adding that NEMA officials and other government workers would
receive them.
According to the Punch,
those expected back in the country comprised Nigerians whose residential
documents had expired and prisoners whose terms of imprisonment were nearing
completion.
Farinloye said the
prisoners would complete their jail terms in Nigeria.
“We were informed that 83
Nigerians would be deported from the United Kingdom on Wednesday morning. Some of the people affected are those who
haven’t completed their prison sentences. They would be taken to Nigerian
prisons to complete their terms. Although we cannot tell the various offences,
we believe others could be drug-related and immigration problems.
“We expect that when they
arrive in the country, we would be able to know the real reason for their
deportation,” he said.
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