According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos at about 6.a.m on Friday.
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The deportees, who are all males, were brought back in a chartered aircraft.
The Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, who confirmed the news said the deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), and the Police.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
It was gathered that the deportees were profiled by immigration authorities and given stipends to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
It would be recalled that the UK government also deported 83 Nigerians in February, for related offences. Most of the deportees were said to be living in the UK illegally as their travel documents had expired.
Among those deported were prisoners who have almost completed their prison term.
The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the prisoners among the deportees would complete their jail terms in Nigeria.
“Some of the people affected are those who haven’t completed their prison sentences. They would be taken to Nigerian prisons to complete their terms.
