No fewer than 103 Nigerians have been deported from the Republic of Turkey.
They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Their Southwind Airlines flight with registration number TC-GRB berthed at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport about 6:45 pm on the.
Multiple agencies of government like the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) as well as those of the military received the deportees.
It is yet to be ascertained why they were deported. The angry deportees narrated their treatment, alleging they were unfairly treated in the country.
According to them, they were detained by the Turkish authorities for over 11 months before being deported.
They therefore called on the Nigeria government to fight for them and reclaim all their valuables.
