About 40 Nigerians were on Tuesday evening deported from Italy for Immigration and criminal offences.
The deportation came barely four days after the United Kingdom government repatriated 23 Nigerians for similar offences.
Those who were deported yesterday include males and females who were returned to the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at around 8: 35 pm.
An immigration source disclosed to newsmen that 39 of the deportees were returned because of Immigration offences while one, a male was returned because of his involvement in drug related matters.
The deportees were brought into Nigeria aboard Air Meridiana aircraft with the registration number E1-FNU.
According to the Nigeria Immigration Service, the returnee with drug related issues would be handed over to police for further prosecution while 39 others were profiled by the officials of the Immigration Service attached to the airport.
The deportees were shielded from speaking to the media by some security officials at the airport, although most of them were unwilling to talk, as they hid their faces.
