Thirty-five Nigerians were deported from the United Kingdom on Wednesday for committing immigration-related offences, the government has confirmed.
The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos at about 5.50 a.m.
Comprising 30 males and five females, the deportees were brought back aboard a chartered Titanic Airways aircraft with registration Number G-POWO.
Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, 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.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
It was gathered that the Nigerians deported from UK were profiled by the immigration authorities and each given a stipend to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
It would be recalled that the British authorities had on March 31 deported 23 Nigerians for similar reasons.
