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33 Nigerians deported from US

Thirty-Three Nigerians, made up of 29 males and four females, were deported from the United States of America on Wednesday.

The deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, aboard a chartered flight at about 1pm.

The special flight with aircraft registration number N738MA had onboard 13 crew members and 22 American security agents.

According to security officials at the Lagos airport, five of the deportees were sent back to the country for committing passport related offences; 28 for tax clearance offences; and five for drug offences.

Also, 22 of the deportees were held for police related offences and six for immigration offences.

There were fears that more Nigerians may be deported from US this year following its listing as one of America’s 14 "countries of interest"

Sixty-eight Nigerians, were last week deported from Europe while over 1,000 were sent home from various countries last year.

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