[Go Back Home] 100+ Nigerians deported from Finland, others

ONE hundred Nigerians were deported yesterday from four Scandinavian countries for immigration and related offences.

The deportees were sent from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

They were flown into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, aboard a chartered aircraft that took off from Oslo, the capital of Finland, en route Madrid, Spain.

The aircraft arrived in Lagos about 6.50am and taxied to the cargo wing of the airport, where the deportees were handed over to security agents for documentation.

After disembarking from the aircraft, the deportees were escorted by security personnel to the palace gate entrance of the cargo terminal.

It was gathered that they were deported from their Finland’s deportation camp after they failed to secure asylum.

- TheNationOnline