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40 Nigerians sent packing from UK, Australia
A group of Nigerians numbering up to 40 (33 males and seven females) were jointly deported by the UK and Australia after they were alleged to have committed various forms of offences in the two mentioned countries.
Reports say the deportees who were flown into the country in two chartered flights arrived the Hajj Camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25 a.m. this morning.
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According to the News Agency of Nigeria, four of the deportees were repatriated through an Air Seychelles aircraft with registration number SND-1, while 36 other deportees were flown into the country in a chartered aircraft with registration number ZTA -4741.
The deportees according to sources were received on arrival by various agencies such as the National Agency for Protection and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and men of the Nigerian police.
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