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Saudi Arabia Sends 198 Nigerians Packing
The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am.
This number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to the country.
The 198 persons including women and children returned with their luggage on board a Med-View aircraft.
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Kano received the first batch of the returnees.
Mohammed Yahaya-Sani, the Consular at the Nigerian Consulate in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, who led the illegal immigrants to Nigeria, told newsmen at the airport that the Federal Government sponsored their return.
According to him, the illegal migrants voluntarily reported to the Nigerian Embassy to be returned to Nigeria in compliance with the three months evacuation notice issued to them by Saudi authorities, which will expire on July 24.
Yahaya-Sani said that contrary to speculations, the returnees were not deported rather they voluntarily accepted the amnesty offer granted them by the Saudi authorities for illegal immigrants to leave the country.
“They decided on their own to return to Nigeria. The Saudi authorities offered amnesty to all illegal immigrants to leave the country within three months,” he said.
The official handed over the returnees to NEMA officials at the airport who witnessed and documented their returns before they later departed to their various towns and villages.
Fatima Ibrahim
July 22, 2017 at 7:15 pm
Ok’I wish them joy nd happiness back in their Father’s land
Chinedu Eches Henry
July 22, 2017 at 7:07 pm
Good
Sadiq Ibrahim Sadiq
July 22, 2017 at 6:45 pm
Good welcome to cannibalism prison if you poor man you nothing in this poorest kingdom our leaders treat us like animals
Bombaata Abdullahi Bombaata
July 22, 2017 at 6:53 pm
This’s why iyamuri is calling Nigeria zoo country.
Sadiq Ibrahim Sadiq
July 22, 2017 at 6:56 pm
Yes is zoo as how leaders treat us when igbo called as zoo is nothing they’re among zoo still now
Okezie Collins
July 22, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Saudi knows buhari is dead and osibanjo is no longer sending them money for merriment
Tell Dey Tell Dey
July 22, 2017 at 6:38 pm
Ok
Kelvin Wisdom Kelvin
July 22, 2017 at 6:34 pm
Very bad to live in another man’s land without residents permit, we’ll welcome sisters and brothers, life continues in Nigeria, Goodluck for starting a new life
Joseph Abuchi
July 22, 2017 at 6:10 pm
Best known for
Shijja'uddeen Yahaya Sfn
July 22, 2017 at 6:00 pm
they don’t come back to naija,they should stay in biafra
Tony Okwuosa
July 22, 2017 at 6:02 pm
Go and take care of your people and leave Biafra alone
Obasi C. Jeremiah
July 22, 2017 at 5:51 pm
GUD
Daberechi Popsi
July 22, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Let dem locate their fada land