NO fewer than 41 Nigerians were on Wednesday deported from the United States over issues ranging from drug, police and immigration offences.

It was reliably gathered that nine of the deportees were sent back to Nigeria for drug related offences, 26 for Police related offences while six were deported for immigration offences.

Reports say the deportees, who were all males, arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 12:20pm aboard a Miami Air International aircraft.

In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Deputy Controller of Immigration King Ekpedeme, confirmed the deportation to The PUNCH, saying, “Yes, it is true. They were deported for various offences, including immigration offences.”

The deportation is coming barely a week after 162 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya returned to Nigeria voluntarily. — Punch

— June 22, 2016 @ 8: 15

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