By Chinyere Aruogu
The United Kingdom has indicated interest in deporting no fewer than 83 Nigerians from their country.
There were indications the deportees would be arriving Lagos Wednesday, February 1, according to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone.
It was gathered that the deportees were residents whose documents had expired and prisoners whose terms of imprisonment were nearing completion.
Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the deportees would be arriving the arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:40 am on Wednesday.
Farinloye said some of the prisoners in the plane would complete their jail terms in Nigeria.
He said: “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. The aircraft is expected to arrive in the country at 5 am at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.”