Director General, National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) Muhammad Sidi, said on Wednesday that 41 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom for various immigration

offences had arrived the country.

He confirmed the development while receiving the deportees at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos.

Sidi said the 33 adult males and eight female deportees arrived the country aboard a chartered aircraft at

about 8: 00 a.m.

From the manifest with me, 41 Nigerians are on board and according to the British High Commission in Nigeria,

they were deported because they committed various immigration offences.

He stressed that Nigeria had moved ahead since the deportees left the country, adding that everybody has equal

opportunities under the present government.

Sidi, who was represented by Deputy Director, Search and Rescue in the agency, Onimode Bandele advised Nigerians to stay in the country and develop it.

He, however, said some stipends would be given to the deportees, to facilitate their transportation to their

various destinations.

Other agencies who were at the airport to receive the deportees included officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigeria Immigration Service.