40 Nigerians repatriated from UK and Spain

About 40 Nigerians have again been repatriated from the UK and Spain, a senior embassy official said yesterday in London.

Mr Lawal Isah, the Head of Immigration at the Nigerian High Commission in London made this known on Thursday in London.

He said the deportees, who are due back in Nigeria today, consist of 40 persons from the UK, with an uncertain number from Spain.

Isah said that among those repatriated were people who had served jail terms in various prisons across the UK, and others arrested for illegal stay.

He said the repatriation was a monthly exercise through a chartered return flight jointly organized by the High Commission and the UK Government.

It would be recalled that 40 people were also deported in December, 2012.

Reacting to the development, Mr Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior said the Immigration service in Nigeria had been stopping those without proper documentation from travelling out of the country.