The Spanish government on Tuesday deported 23 Nigerians for various offences committed in the country.
The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, who confirmed the development to Punch.
He said the 21 males and two females arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 6:40am aboard a Privilege Style aircraft with registration number EC-IZO.
He said they were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, the Nigeria Police Force, officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
According to him, nine of them who were deported for drug-related offences were handed over to the NDLEA, while two others who were deported for criminal offences were handed over to the police.
Alabi said the remaining 12 people, who were deported for alleged immigration-related offences, were profiled and allowed to go to their respective destinations.
The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, who confirmed the development to Punch.
He said the 21 males and two females arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 6:40am aboard a Privilege Style aircraft with registration number EC-IZO.
He said they were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, the Nigeria Police Force, officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
According to him, nine of them who were deported for drug-related offences were handed over to the NDLEA, while two others who were deported for criminal offences were handed over to the police.
Alabi said the remaining 12 people, who were deported for alleged immigration-related offences, were profiled and allowed to go to their respective destinations.
