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South Africa Deports 97 Nigerians

South Africa has deported 97 Nigerians over alleged offences amid the wave of xenophobia sweeping through the country.

The deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos last night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg.

Reports say they were 95 males and two females.

DSP Joseph Alabi, the Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed the development to NAN.

An immigration source also said that six of the deportees were returned to the country for drug offences while 10 were arrested and deported for other criminal offences..

The others allegedly committed immigration offences in the Southern African country.

All the deportees were profiled by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) while those deported for drug related offences were handed over to the Police for further investigation.

The Federal Government had also evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali for sex and labour exploitation.

Six of the suspected human traffickers were apprehended and brought back to the country for prosecution.

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