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.
Some of the deportees with
criminal and related offences were taken away from the courts in a Coaster bus
driven by sheriffs.
After documentations yesterday,
about three of the deportees were taken away in a Hilux Pick up van to the
Beesam Police Station to answer for violence while on board.
Their documents, it was learnt,
were confiscated by relevant security agencies.
One of the deportees, who
declined to give his name, alleged that Nigerian Embassy officials in Sweden
connived with Norwegian authorities to facilitate their deportation.
Another deportee, who also
declined to give her name, said despite her being pregnant, the authorities
maltreated her in Finland.
She said she moved over to
Finland to seek asylum from Greece, where she had spent over eight years.
Another male deportee said he
spent 14 years in Finland with valid documents and yet, he was sent home.
He said he was forced to abandon
his family, adding that his deportation could have adverse effects.
A man, his wife and two teenage
children born in Greece, who sought asylum in Finland, were also deported.
The deportees said the
authorities in the Scandinavian countries were hostile towards Nigerians, as
nationals of other African countries were granted asylum.
Some of the deportees were seeing
appealing to airport workers to give them mobile phones to call their relatives
in Lagos to take them home.
CKN try to be enlightened a bit before publishing your articles.For your information OSLO is the capital of Norway and not the capital of Finland.
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