Last Batch Of 131 Deportees Arrive From Saudi Arabia

The last
batch of
Nigerians
being
repatriated
from
Saudi
Arabia
yesterday
arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja..
The Director, Consular and Immigration Service in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Abdulazeez Dan-
Kano, told newsmen that the remaining 131
deportees out of 518 were transported home.
According to Dan-Kano, 51 of the deportees are
from Kano State, while 17 are from Borno, with 16
from Katsina State, and 11 from Yobe.
He said nine of the deportees were from Jigawa, six
from Plateau, while Kaduna and Bauchi states had
five and four deportees respectively.
The director said Edo had three deportees, while
Nasarawa had two, with one deportee each from
Kebbi, Ogun, Niger and Adamawa states.
Dan-Kano said all the 518 deportees arrived in the
country in six batches between December 25 and
December 31.
He appealed to Nigerians still hiding in slums in
Saudi Arabia to embrace the benevolence of the
Federal Government and return home to avoid the
wrath of the Saudi authorities.
Dan-Kano said the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi
Arabia had since begun sensitisation campaign on
the need for proper documentation of Nigerians who
were legally resident in the country.
He said that most of the deportees were Nigerians
who travelled to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, but stayed
back at the end of the exercise in search of
“greener pastures.”
The director said the affected Nigerians had
requested government’s assistance to facilitate
their return home. [Vanguard]