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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   ..... NATIONAL NEWS Libya deports hundreds of  Nigerians By Kenneth Ehigiator & Adaku Icheku Saturday, October 23, 2004 HUNDREDS of Nigerians were yesterday deported home by the Libyan government in a chartered aircraft. The deportees, mainly youths, were brought into the country in batches, with the first batch arriving the NAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos late Thursday night. Although the exact number of deportees is not immediately known,  Weekend Vanguard learnt that it runs over a thousand. Efforts to ascertain the number of the deportees from the relevant authorities also proved fruitless, as officers said to be armed with the figure were not available for comments. Some of the deportees advanced varied reasons for their deportation from Libya. While some said they were brought back home because of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s continued assurance of the Libyan government that Nigeria’s economy was now comfortable for Nigerians, others quoted the Libyan government as acting under pressure from the European Union. According to them, the EU is accusing the Libyan authorities of allowing immigrants without necessary papers to use Libya as a launch pad to crossing into Europe through the Meditarranean sea. At NAHCO shed yesterday, only a few of the deportees were seen on ground, as several others had already left for their various homes across the country.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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