Arabia arrived in the country on Wednesday, according to an official.
The Assistant Director, Relief and Rehabilitation at the National
Emergency Management Agency, Mr Daniel Obot, disclosed this to newsmen
at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
He said the Federal Government approved the repatriation of the
Nigerians who had been residing illegally in Saudi Arabia after they
voluntarily agreed to return.
Obot said the deportees would be handed over to officials of their
State Emergency Management Agency after due clearance.
Also speaking, the Director, Consular and Immigration Service in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Abdulazeez Dan-Kano, said the 80
deportees were from eight states.
He said 31 of the deportees were from Kano state, while Borno had 19
and three were from Bauchi.
According to him, Jigawa has eight, Yobe seven, two from Plateau,
Nasarawa one, and nine from Katsina.
Dan-Kano added that the deportees, who were mainly women, children and the sick.
He said more deportees were expected to arrive in the country on Thursday.
Dan- Kano said the deportees had indicated interest to return to
Nigeria following a November deadline given by the Saudi authorities
for all illegal residents to leave.
He disclosed that 951 Nigerians, who were arrested in Saudi, were
still being held in a camp.
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