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Published 30 January 2021
It’s becoming alarmingly worrisome as more Nigerians are being deported for diverse acts overseas. By the time you are ready this, hopefully, some Nigerians in Saudi Arabia detained in detention centres would have arrived in the country. A video went viral recently showing some Nigerians in Saudi Arabia in a dehumanising state. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that that 802 Nigerians would return from the country between Thursday and Friday. The citizens, held at various detention centres over migration issues, would be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials of the ministry. As expected amid the raging pandemic, the returnees would be quarantined at the Federal Capital Territory Hajj camp for 14 days in line with the COVID-19 protocols.