ABOUT 58 Nigerians were yesterday morning deported from Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

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The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard an Air Italy chartered flight with registration number 1924.

Italian law enforcement agents accompanied the deportees on board the aircraft, which landed at the airport at 05.25 hours.

Immigration sources said of the 58 deportees, 28 were males while 12 were women. The rest were children.

The deportees allegedly committed immigration offences in the foreign country.

Most of them were let go by Nigerian law enforcement agents, who received them at the airport, as they were not found guilty of any offence.

Over 3,000 Nigerians have been deported from various countries in the last three months.

Yesterday’s deportation came a few days after 734 Nigerians were returned from Libya by the Muammar Gaddafi-led government.

On September 27, 2009, Libya deported 150 Nigerians all males aboard aircraft with registration number SUBME.