A report has revealed that no fewer than 4,281 Nigerians were deported from various countries in the first half of 2017 through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The figure is apart from those Nigerians who were repatriated through other airports or other numerous channels within the period under review.
The breakdown of the report, which was made available to our correspondent on Sunday, indicated that those deported were divided into chartered and regular flights.
The breakdown revealed that 1,321 of the deportees were males while the other 930 were females.
Among those deported through regular flights, a majority of them were from Europe, South Africa and other countries within the continent.
The report put their total figures at 2,030 Nigerians.
According to the document, 1,502 males and 528 females were deported in the first half of the year.
The new document stated further: “Some of these deportees engaged in criminal activities in their host countries.
For these sets of people, they were handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and prosecution.
